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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. %\»,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,»\%% %%\»,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,»\%%# 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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