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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨.-=%
$%=-.¨¨¨¨¨ Even In The Morning And Must ¨¨¨¨¨.-=%$
&$%=-.¨¨¨¨ Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ¨¨¨¨.-=%$&
#&$%=-.¨¨¨ Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That ¨¨¨.-=%$&#
##&$%=-.¨¨ We Will Carry It Out. ¨¨.-=%$&##
###&$%=-.¨ ¨.-=%$&###
##&$%=-.¨¨ Now He Leaves As Soon As He'S Awake And ¨¨.-=%$&##
#&$%=-.¨¨¨ Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We ¨¨¨.-=%$&#
&$%=-.¨¨¨¨ Are Left To Care For Us And The House ¨¨¨¨.-=%$&
$%=-.¨¨¨¨¨ And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We ¨¨¨¨¨.-=%$
%=-.¨¨¨¨¨¨ Are Distracted. We Are Not As ¨¨¨¨¨¨.-=%
=-.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.-=
-.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Behind In Our Duties. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.-
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