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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.) ##@&£%†«,¨
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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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