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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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