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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.) %$*--¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨--*$ $*--¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨--* Every Morning Our Father Clears The *--¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-- Ferns And Uproots The Bushes Only For --¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨- Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their -¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ With Dew. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Father Is Away During The Day Doing ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨- When He Returns Home, Each Day More So -¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-- Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him --¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨--* So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To *--¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨--*$ 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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