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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. @¶@§^^~,¨¨
¨,~^^§@¶@# #@¶@§^^~,¨
¨¨,~^^§@¶@ 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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