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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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