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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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