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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. ¨§§¨§¨¨§§¨
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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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