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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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