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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. ¨¨§§§¨§§§¨
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¨§§§¨¨§¨¨§ 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.) §§§§§§¨§¨§
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§§¨¨§§§¨§§ 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. ¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨§
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§¨§§¨§§¨§¨ 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. §§§¨¨¨§§§¨
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¨§¨§§¨§§§§ 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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