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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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