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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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£*==-¨¨¨¨¨ Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live ¨¨¨¨¨-==*£
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@@£*==-¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨-==*£@@#
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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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*==-¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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