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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. ^=-,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,-=^% %^=-,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-=^%£ 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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