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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. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
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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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