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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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