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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.                   #%~~,,,,,,
,~~†%£££¶#                                          #¶£££%†~~,
,~~†%£#¶## 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.           #%%%†~~,,,
,,,,,~~%##                                          ##%~~,,,,,
,,,,~~%%£# 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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