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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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