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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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