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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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