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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. ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§ ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§ 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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