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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. ^~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~ ~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨: 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. @£¤&%^~:¨¨
¨:~^%&¤£@# #@£¤&%^~:¨
¨¨:~^%&¤£@ 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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