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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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