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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. ¨§¨¨§¨§¨¨§
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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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