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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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