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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.) ¨§¨§¨§§¨¨§
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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. ¨§¨§¨¨§¨§§
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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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