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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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