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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 $%†=,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,=†% The Animals That We Fight To Keep Away, %†=,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=† For They Speak To Us To Join Them In †=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,= The Luscious Caves Below Ground. They =,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨, Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,= Interest To Do So. There Is Important =,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=† Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant †=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,=†% Be Done By Animals. (Father Says This.) %†=,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,=†%$ $%†=,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,=†%$@ 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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