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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.) ¨~~†§%####
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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.               ¨~~†§%####
#%§~~¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨~~§%#
#%†††~~¨¨¨ 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.           ¨~~†§%%%##
##%†~¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨~†%##
#%%§~¨¨¨¨¨ 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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