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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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