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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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