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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. ¶§&§;«~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~«;§&§ §&§;«~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~«;§& 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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