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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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