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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 ¨¨¨~«†=%¤£
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#@£¤%=†«~¨ Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant ¨~«†=%¤£@#
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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 ¨¨¨~«†=%¤£
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#@£¤%=†«~¨ 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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