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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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