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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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