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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. ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§¨¨§¨§¨ ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§¨§§¨§¨ 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. ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§¨¨§¨§¨ ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§¨§§¨§¨ 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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