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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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