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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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