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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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