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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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