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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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