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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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