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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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