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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.) ¨¨¨§§§¨§§¨
¨§§§¨¨¨§¨§ ¨¨§¨¨§§¨§§
§¨¨§¨¨§§§§ 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. ¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨
§¨¨¨§¨¨§§¨ ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨§
§¨¨§§¨§¨§¨ 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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