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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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