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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.) ¨¨§§§¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨ ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨ 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. §¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨¨§§§ ¨§¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨§¨§ 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. ¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§§
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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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¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§§ ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨
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