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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.) --¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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. §^*--¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨--*^§@ @§^*--¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨--*^§@£ 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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