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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.               ,,,,,~~†=¤
¤¤¤¤§=†«~,                                          ,~«†=§¤¤¤¤
@@#¤§=†«~, 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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