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¨,=\^%&£@# The River That'S Our River Makes A #@£&%^\=,¨
¨¨¨¨,\\%£@ Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A @£%\\,¨¨¨¨
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¨,=\^%&£@# 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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