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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.) ###¤£†\~,,
,,,,,~\£##                                          ##£\~,,,,,
,,~\†£#### 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.            ###¤£†\~,,
,,~\†££¤##                                          ##¤££†\~,,
,,~\†£¤### 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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