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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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