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¨-~:$$$$¤# The River That'S Our River Makes A #¤$$$$:~-¨
¨-~:$*¤¤¤# Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A #¤¤¤*$:~-¨
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¨-~:$*¤¤¤¤ 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 ###¤*$:~-¨
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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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