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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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