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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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