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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 $†=~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=† Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close †=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~= To The Walls And Far From The Light. We =~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~ Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful ~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ And Smell Good, And There Is Little ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Decoration In Our House. But When ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Scared Of Him Then. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ We Are Then Tasked With Removing Any ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Indoor Plant We See. But They Are So ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~ Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy ~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~= Them. Sometimes An Animal Will Sneak In =~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=† But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh †=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~=†$ Cut Flowers Thrown Right Outside The $†=~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~=†$$ House He Suspects And Resents Our $$†=~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~=†$$# Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The #$$†=~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~=†$$#£ Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. £#$$†=~¨¨¨
¨¨~=†$$#£@ It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired @£#$$†=~¨¨
¨~=†$$#£@# Even In The Morning And Must #@£#$$†=~¨
¨¨~=†$$#£@ Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed @£#$$†=~¨¨
¨¨¨~=†$$#£ Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That £#$$†=~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~=†$$# We Will Carry It Out. #$$†=~¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨~=†$ 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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