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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 $*^~:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:~^* Scared Of Him Then. *^~:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~^ ^~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~ We Are Then Tasked With Removing Any ~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨: Indoor Plant We See. But They Are So :¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Them. Sometimes An Animal Will Sneak In ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Cut Flowers Thrown Right Outside The ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ House He Suspects And Resents Our ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨: Even In The Morning And Must :¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~ Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~^ Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That ^~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:~^* We Will Carry It Out. *^~:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:~^*$ $*^~:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:~^*$& 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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