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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-;
$;-,¨¨¨¨¨¨ Instead Steel Bars To Keep The Animals ¨¨¨¨¨¨,-;$
%$;-,¨¨¨¨¨ Out. ¨¨¨¨¨,-;$%
@%$;-,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,-;$%@
¶@%$;-,¨¨¨ Around The House Is A Thick, Thick ¨¨¨,-;$%@¶
@¶@%$;-,¨¨ Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live ¨¨,-;$%@¶@
#@¶@%$;-,¨ The Animals That We Fight To Keep Away, ¨,-;$%@¶@#
@¶@%$;-,¨¨ For They Speak To Us To Join Them In ¨¨,-;$%@¶@
¶@%$;-,¨¨¨ The Luscious Caves Below Ground. They ¨¨¨,-;$%@¶
@%$;-,¨¨¨¨ Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best ¨¨¨¨,-;$%@
%$;-,¨¨¨¨¨ Interest To Do So. There Is Important ¨¨¨¨¨,-;$%
$;-,¨¨¨¨¨¨ Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant ¨¨¨¨¨¨,-;$
;-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-
;-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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;-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-;