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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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