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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. *\»:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:»\*§ §*\»:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:»\*§@ 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. \»:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:»\* *\»:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:»\*§ 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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