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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. #@£¤@%;«-,
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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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