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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. ».¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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. ###@%§/».¨
¨¨.»/§%@## ##@%§/».¨¨
¨¨¨.»/§%@# 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. ###@%§/».¨
¨¨.»/§%@## ##@%§/».¨¨
¨¨¨.»/§%@# 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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