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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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