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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨.«†^
%^†«.¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨.«†^%
&%^†«.¨¨¨¨ 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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