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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. #@&^\»^¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨^»\^& 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. \»^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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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