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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 ...-\=¤§¶@
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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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