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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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