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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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