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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. ¶¤@@^.¨¨¨¨
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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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