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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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