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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 ¨-»\%###
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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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