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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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