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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. ^~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~ ~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨. 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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