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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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