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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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