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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§
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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. §¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§
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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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