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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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