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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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