~~~~
~,, ,,~
;, ,;
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ; ; ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ;, ,; ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~,, ,,~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~
;~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~~~~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~;
^;~,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~;^
£^;~,¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨,~;^£
^;~,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~;^
;~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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.) ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~;
^;~,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~;^
£^;~,¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨,~;^£@#
@£^;~,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,~;^£@
£^;~,¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~;^
£^;~,¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨,~;^£
@£^;~,¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨,~;^£@
£^;~,¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨,~;^£
^;~,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~;^
;~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~;
~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,