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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.) ¤¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¨
¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨ ¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤
¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨ 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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