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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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