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