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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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