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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. ¤¤¨¤¨¤¤¨¨¤
¤¨¨¨¤¨¨¤¨¤ ¨¤¤¤¤¨¤¨¤¤
¤¨¨¤¤¨¤¤¤¨ 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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