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