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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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