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