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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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