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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. &¨&&&¨¨¨¨¨
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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. &¨&&&¨&&¨¨
¨&¨¨&&&¨&¨ &&¨¨&&¨&¨&
&&¨&¨¨&&&& 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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