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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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