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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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