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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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