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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§
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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. §§§¨¨§¨§§¨
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§¨¨§¨¨§¨§§ 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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