====
=-- --=
^- -^
@#$$^=-¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ^ ^ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨-=^$$#@
#@#$$^=-¨¨ ^- -^ ¨¨-=^$$#@#
##@#$$^=-¨ =-- --= ¨-=^$$#@##
#@#$$^=-¨¨ ==== ¨¨-=^$$#@#
@#$$^=-¨¨¨ ¨¨¨-=^$$#@
#$$^=-¨¨¨¨ The River That'S Our River Makes A ¨¨¨¨-=^$$#
$$^=-¨¨¨¨¨ Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A ¨¨¨¨¨-=^$$
#$$^=-¨¨¨¨ Decent Days Travel North From That ¨¨¨¨-=^$$#
@#$$^=-¨¨¨ Stands Our House In The Middle Of A ¨¨¨-=^$$#@
#@#$$^=-¨¨ Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is ¨¨-=^$$#@#
##@#$$^=-¨ Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A ¨-=^$$#@##
#@#$$^=-¨¨ Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But ¨¨-=^$$#@#
@#$$^=-¨¨¨ Instead Steel Bars To Keep The Animals ¨¨¨-=^$$#@
#$$^=-¨¨¨¨ Out. ¨¨¨¨-=^$$#
$$^=-¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨-=^$$
#$$^=-¨¨¨¨ Around The House Is A Thick, Thick ¨¨¨¨-=^$$#
@#$$^=-¨¨¨ Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live ¨¨¨-=^$$#@
#@#$$^=-¨¨ The Animals That We Fight To Keep Away, ¨¨-=^$$#@#
##@#$$^=-¨ For They Speak To Us To Join Them In ¨-=^$$#@##
#@#$$^=-¨¨ The Luscious Caves Below Ground. They ¨¨-=^$$#@#
@#$$^=-¨¨¨ Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best ¨¨¨-=^$$#@
#$$^=-¨¨¨¨ Interest To Do So. There Is Important ¨¨¨¨-=^$$#
$$^=-¨¨¨¨¨ Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant ¨¨¨¨¨-=^$$
#$$^=-¨¨¨¨ Be Done By Animals. (Father Says This.) ¨¨¨¨-=^$$#
@#$$^=-¨¨¨ ¨¨¨-=^$$#@
#@#$$^=-¨¨ Every Morning Our Father Clears The ¨¨-=^$$#@#
##@#$$^=-¨ Ferns And Uproots The Bushes Only For ¨-=^$$#@##
#@#$$^=-¨¨ Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their ¨¨-=^$$#@#
@#$$^=-¨¨¨ Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some ¨¨¨-=^$$#@
#$$^=-¨¨¨¨ Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ¨¨¨¨-=^$$#
$$^=-¨¨¨¨¨ Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ¨¨¨¨¨-=^$$
#$$^=-¨¨¨¨ With Dew. ¨¨¨¨-=^$$#
@#$$^=-¨¨¨ ¨¨¨-=^$$#@
#@#$$^=-¨¨ Father Is Away During The Day Doing ¨¨-=^$$#@#
##@#$$^=-¨ Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary ¨-=^$$#@##
#@#$$^=-¨¨ When He Returns Home, Each Day More So ¨¨-=^$$#@#
@#$$^=-¨¨¨ Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him ¨¨¨-=^$$#@
#$$^=-¨¨¨¨ So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To ¨¨¨¨-=^$$#
$$^=-¨¨¨¨¨ His Clothes. ¨¨¨¨¨-=^$$
#$$^=-¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨-=^$$#
@#$$^=-¨¨¨ Suddenly The Dense Bushwork Is Mirrored ¨¨¨-=^$$#@
#@#$$^=-¨¨ Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close ¨¨-=^$$#@#
##@#$$^=-¨ To The Walls And Far From The Light. We ¨-=^$$#@##
#@#$$^=-¨¨ Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful ¨¨-=^$$#@#
@#$$^=-¨¨¨ And Smell Good, And There Is Little ¨¨¨-=^$$#@
#$$^=-¨¨¨¨ Decoration In Our House. But When ¨¨¨¨-=^$$#
$$^=-¨¨¨¨¨ Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts ¨¨¨¨¨-=^$$
#$$^=-¨¨¨¨ Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are ¨¨¨¨-=^$$#
@#$$^=-¨¨¨ Scared Of Him Then. ¨¨¨-=^$$#@
#@#$$^=-¨¨ ¨¨-=^$$#@#
##@#$$^=-¨ We Are Then Tasked With Removing Any ¨-=^$$#@##
#@#$$^=-¨¨ Indoor Plant We See. But They Are So ¨¨-=^$$#@#
@#$$^=-¨¨¨ Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father ¨¨¨-=^$$#@
#$$^=-¨¨¨¨ Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy ¨¨¨¨-=^$$#
$$^=-¨¨¨¨¨ Them. Sometimes An Animal Will Sneak In ¨¨¨¨¨-=^$$
#$$^=-¨¨¨¨ But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh ¨¨¨¨-=^$$#
@#$$^=-¨¨¨ Cut Flowers Thrown Right Outside The ¨¨¨-=^$$#@
#@#$$^=-¨¨ House He Suspects And Resents Our ¨¨-=^$$#@#
##@#$$^=-¨ Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The ¨-=^$$#@##
#@#$$^=-¨¨ Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. ¨¨-=^$$#@#
@#$$^=-¨¨¨ It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired ¨¨¨-=^$$#@
#$$^=-¨¨¨¨ Even In The Morning And Must ¨¨¨¨-=^$$#
$$^=-¨¨¨¨¨ Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ¨¨¨¨¨-=^$$
#$$^=-¨¨¨¨ Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That ¨¨¨¨-=^$$#
@#$$^=-¨¨¨ We Will Carry It Out. ¨¨¨-=^$$#@
#@#$$^=-¨¨ ¨¨-=^$$#@#
##@#$$^=-¨ Now He Leaves As Soon As He'S Awake And ¨-=^$$#@##
#@#$$^=-¨¨ Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We ¨¨-=^$$#@#
@#$$^=-¨¨¨ Are Left To Care For Us And The House ¨¨¨-=^$$#@
#$$^=-¨¨¨¨ And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We ¨¨¨¨-=^$$#
$$^=-¨¨¨¨¨ Are Distracted. We Are Not As ¨¨¨¨¨-=^$$
#$$^=-¨¨¨¨ Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ¨¨¨¨-=^$$#
@#$$^=-¨¨¨ Behind In Our Duties. ¨¨¨-=^$$#@
#@#$$^=-¨¨ ¨¨-=^$$#@#
##@#$$^=-¨ ¨-=^$$#@##
#@#$$^=-¨¨ ¨¨-=^$$#@#
@#$$^=-¨¨¨ ¨¨¨-=^$$#@
#$$^=-¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨-=^$$#