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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. «.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.«^ ^«.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨.«^% 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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