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¨--/$§@### ---- ###@§$/--¨
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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 @§/-¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨--/$§¤@## Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ##@¤§$/--¨
¨¨--/$§¤¤¤ Behind In Our Duties. ¤¤¤§$/--¨¨
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