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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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