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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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