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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. ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. #@#@^†=^¨¨
¨^=†^@#@## ##@#@^†=^¨
¨¨^=†^@#@# 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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