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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.) ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=†
§†=,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,=†§
$§†=,¨¨¨¨¨ Every Morning Our Father Clears The ¨¨¨¨¨,=†§$
@$§†=,¨¨¨¨ Ferns And Uproots The Bushes Only For ¨¨¨¨,=†§$@
¶@$§†=,¨¨¨ Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their ¨¨¨,=†§$@¶
#¶@$§†=,¨¨ Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some ¨¨,=†§$@¶#
##¶@$§†=,¨ Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ¨,=†§$@¶##
#¶@$§†=,¨¨ Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ¨¨,=†§$@¶#
¶@$§†=,¨¨¨ With Dew. ¨¨¨,=†§$@¶
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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨,=†§
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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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