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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. #*\=,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,=\*## ##*\=,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,=\*### 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. #####*\=,¨
¨¨,=\*#### ####*\=,¨¨
¨¨¨,=\*### 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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