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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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