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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.) ¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨§ ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨ 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. §¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§ ¨¨§§§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§ 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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