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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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