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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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