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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. %%*=,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,=*% %*=,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=* 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,= 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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