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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. ~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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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