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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 #@#¤$†\»,,
,,,,,,»\†¤ His Clothes. ¤†\»,,,,,,
,,»\†¤#@## ##@#¤†\»,,
,,,,,»†¤¤¤ Suddenly The Dense Bushwork Is Mirrored ¤¤¤†»,,,,,
,,»\†$¤#@# 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. @##¤$†\»,,
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,,»\†$¤### 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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