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..¤.¤.¤.¤. The River That'S Our River Makes A ¤.¤.¤.¤..¤
.¤¤.¤.¤.¤. Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A ¤.¤.¤.¤.¤¤
..¤.¤.¤.¤. Decent Days Travel North From That ¤.¤.¤.¤..¤
.¤¤.¤.¤.¤. Stands Our House In The Middle Of A ¤.¤.¤.¤.¤¤
..¤.¤.¤.¤. Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is ¤.¤.¤.¤..¤
.¤¤.¤.¤.¤. Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A ¤.¤.¤.¤.¤¤
..¤.¤.¤.¤. Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But ¤.¤.¤.¤..¤
.¤¤.¤.¤.¤. Instead Steel Bars To Keep The Animals ¤.¤.¤.¤.¤¤
..¤.¤.¤.¤. Out. ¤.¤.¤.¤..¤
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..¤.¤.¤.¤. Around The House Is A Thick, Thick ¤.¤.¤.¤..¤
.¤¤.¤.¤.¤. Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live ¤.¤.¤.¤.¤¤
..¤.¤.¤.¤. The Animals That We Fight To Keep Away, ¤.¤.¤.¤..¤
.¤¤.¤.¤.¤. For They Speak To Us To Join Them In ¤.¤.¤.¤.¤¤
..¤.¤.¤.¤. The Luscious Caves Below Ground. They ¤.¤.¤.¤..¤
.¤¤.¤.¤.¤. Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best ¤.¤.¤.¤.¤¤
..¤.¤.¤.¤. Interest To Do So. There Is Important ¤.¤.¤.¤..¤
.¤¤.¤.¤.¤. Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant ¤.¤.¤.¤.¤¤
..¤.¤.¤.¤. Be Done By Animals. (Father Says This.) ¤.¤.¤.¤..¤
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..¤.¤.¤.¤. Every Morning Our Father Clears The ¤.¤.¤.¤..¤
.¤¤.¤.¤.¤. Ferns And Uproots The Bushes Only For ¤.¤.¤.¤.¤¤
..¤.¤.¤.¤. Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their ¤.¤.¤.¤..¤
.¤¤.¤.¤.¤. Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some ¤.¤.¤.¤.¤¤
..¤.¤.¤.¤. Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ¤.¤.¤.¤..¤
.¤¤.¤.¤.¤. Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ¤.¤.¤.¤.¤¤
..¤.¤.¤.¤. With Dew. ¤.¤.¤.¤..¤
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..¤.¤.¤.¤. Father Is Away During The Day Doing ¤.¤.¤.¤..¤
.¤¤.¤.¤.¤. Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary ¤.¤.¤.¤.¤¤
..¤.¤.¤.¤. When He Returns Home, Each Day More So ¤.¤.¤.¤..¤
.¤¤.¤.¤.¤. Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him ¤.¤.¤.¤.¤¤
..¤.¤.¤.¤. So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To ¤.¤.¤.¤..¤
.¤¤.¤.¤.¤. His Clothes. ¤.¤.¤.¤.¤¤
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.¤¤.¤.¤.¤. Suddenly The Dense Bushwork Is Mirrored ¤.¤.¤.¤.¤¤
..¤.¤.¤.¤. Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close ¤.¤.¤.¤..¤
.¤¤.¤.¤.¤. To The Walls And Far From The Light. We ¤.¤.¤.¤.¤¤
..¤.¤.¤.¤. Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful ¤.¤.¤.¤..¤
.¤¤.¤.¤.¤. And Smell Good, And There Is Little ¤.¤.¤.¤.¤¤
..¤.¤.¤.¤. Decoration In Our House. But When ¤.¤.¤.¤..¤
.¤¤.¤.¤.¤. Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts ¤.¤.¤.¤.¤¤
..¤.¤.¤.¤. Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are ¤.¤.¤.¤..¤
.¤¤.¤.¤.¤. Scared Of Him Then. ¤.¤.¤.¤.¤¤
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.¤¤.¤.¤.¤. We Are Then Tasked With Removing Any ¤.¤.¤.¤.¤¤
..¤.¤.¤.¤. Indoor Plant We See. But They Are So ¤.¤.¤.¤..¤
.¤¤.¤.¤.¤. Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father ¤.¤.¤.¤.¤¤
..¤.¤.¤.¤. Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy ¤.¤.¤.¤..¤
.¤¤.¤.¤.¤. Them. Sometimes An Animal Will Sneak In ¤.¤.¤.¤.¤¤
..¤.¤.¤.¤. But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh ¤.¤.¤.¤..¤
.¤¤.¤.¤.¤. Cut Flowers Thrown Right Outside The ¤.¤.¤.¤.¤¤
..¤.¤.¤.¤. House He Suspects And Resents Our ¤.¤.¤.¤..¤
.¤¤.¤.¤.¤. Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The ¤.¤.¤.¤.¤¤
..¤.¤.¤.¤. Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. ¤.¤.¤.¤..¤
.¤¤.¤.¤.¤. It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired ¤.¤.¤.¤.¤¤
..¤.¤.¤.¤. Even In The Morning And Must ¤.¤.¤.¤..¤
.¤¤.¤.¤.¤. Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ¤.¤.¤.¤.¤¤
..¤.¤.¤.¤. Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That ¤.¤.¤.¤..¤
.¤¤.¤.¤.¤. We Will Carry It Out. ¤.¤.¤.¤.¤¤
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.¤¤.¤.¤.¤. Now He Leaves As Soon As He'S Awake And ¤.¤.¤.¤.¤¤
..¤.¤.¤.¤. Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We ¤.¤.¤.¤..¤
.¤¤.¤.¤.¤. Are Left To Care For Us And The House ¤.¤.¤.¤.¤¤
..¤.¤.¤.¤. And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We ¤.¤.¤.¤..¤
.¤¤.¤.¤.¤. Are Distracted. We Are Not As ¤.¤.¤.¤.¤¤
..¤.¤.¤.¤. Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ¤.¤.¤.¤..¤
.¤¤.¤.¤.¤. Behind In Our Duties. ¤.¤.¤.¤.¤¤
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