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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. ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨§
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¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨ 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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