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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. ¨¨¨¤¨¨¤¨¤¤
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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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