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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. ¨¨¨¨¨^~=&§
&=~^¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨^~=&
=~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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