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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.=\
*\=.¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨.=\*
$*\=.¨¨¨¨¨ Around The House Is A Thick, Thick ¨¨¨¨¨.=\*$
#$*\=.¨¨¨¨ Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live ¨¨¨¨.=\*$#
@#$*\=.¨¨¨ The Animals That We Fight To Keep Away, ¨¨¨.=\*$#@
#@#$*\=.¨¨ For They Speak To Us To Join Them In ¨¨.=\*$#@#
##@#$*\=.¨ The Luscious Caves Below Ground. They ¨.=\*$#@##
#@#$*\=.¨¨ Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best ¨¨.=\*$#@#
@#$*\=.¨¨¨ Interest To Do So. There Is Important ¨¨¨.=\*$#@
#$*\=.¨¨¨¨ Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant ¨¨¨¨.=\*$#
$*\=.¨¨¨¨¨ Be Done By Animals. (Father Says This.) ¨¨¨¨¨.=\*$
*\=.¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨.=\*
\=.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨.=\*
\=.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.=\
=.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨.=\*
$*\=.¨¨¨¨¨ House He Suspects And Resents Our ¨¨¨¨¨.=\*$
#$*\=.¨¨¨¨ Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The ¨¨¨¨.=\*$#
@#$*\=.¨¨¨ Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. ¨¨¨.=\*$#@
#@#$*\=.¨¨ It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired ¨¨.=\*$#@#
##@#$*\=.¨ Even In The Morning And Must ¨.=\*$#@##
#@#$*\=.¨¨ Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ¨¨.=\*$#@#
@#$*\=.¨¨¨ Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That ¨¨¨.=\*$#@
#$*\=.¨¨¨¨ We Will Carry It Out. ¨¨¨¨.=\*$#
$*\=.¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨.=\*$
*\=.¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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