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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. ¤¤¤¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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. ¨¤¨¤¤¨¨¨¨¤
¨¤¤¤¨¨¨¨¨¤ ¨¨¨¤¤¤¨¨¨¨
¨¤¨¤¤¨¨¨¨¨ 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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