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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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