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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. #@@%§:~.¨¨
¨.~:§%@@## ##@@%§:~.¨
¨¨.~:§%@@# 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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