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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. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
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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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