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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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