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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~†&
#@@&$†;~.¨ And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We ¨.~;†$&@@#
#@@&$†;~.¨ Are Distracted. We Are Not As ¨.~;†$&@@#
#@@&$†;~.¨ Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ¨.~;†$&@@#
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