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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.
«.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.«
;«.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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