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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. @%§^~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,~^§%@# #@%§^~,¨¨¨
¨¨,~^§%@## 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. ###@%§^~,¨
¨¨,~^§%@## ##@%§^~,¨¨
¨¨¨,~^§%@# 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. %§^~,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,~^§ §^~,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~^ 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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