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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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