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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.) ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨&¨
¨&&¨¨&&¨¨¨ &¨¨¨¨¨¨¨&&
&&¨&¨&¨&¨¨ 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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