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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.) ##@&$*^~,¨
¨¨,~^*$&@# #@&$*^~,¨¨
¨¨¨,~^*$&@ 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 $*^~,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,~^* Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts *^~,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~^ Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are ^~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~ Scared Of Him Then. ~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ We Are Then Tasked With Removing Any ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨, Indoor Plant We See. But They Are So ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~ Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father ~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~^ Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy ^~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,~^* Them. Sometimes An Animal Will Sneak In *^~,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,~^*$ 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. *^~,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~^ ^~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~ 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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