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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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