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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. ¨¨,-:=%¤##
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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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