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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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