»»»»
»^^ ^^»
/^ ^/
¨¨¨¨^»/%*@ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ / / ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ @*%/»^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨^»/%*@@ /^ ^/ @@*%/»^¨¨¨
¨¨^»/%*@@# »^^ ^^» #@@*%/»^¨¨
¨^»/%*@@## »»»» ##@@*%/»^¨
¨¨^»/%*@@# #@@*%/»^¨¨
¨¨¨^»/%*@@ 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. @*%/»^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨^»/%*@@ @@*%/»^¨¨¨
¨¨^»/%*@@# #@@*%/»^¨¨
¨^»/%*@@## ##@@*%/»^¨
¨¨^»/%*@@# #@@*%/»^¨¨
¨¨¨^»/%*@@ @@*%/»^¨¨¨