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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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