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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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