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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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