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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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