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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.) ¨¨¨¨¤¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¤¨¨¨¨¤¤ ¨¨¨¨¨¤¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¤¨¨¨¤¨ 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. ¨¨¨¤¨¨¤¨¤¤
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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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