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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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