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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.                ¨~«†*#####
####$*†«~¨                                          ¨~«†*$####
####$*†«~¨ Father  Is  Away  During  The Day  Doing ¨~«†*$####
####$*†«~¨ Important Things  Elsewhere. He Is Weary ¨~«†*$####
##*«««««~¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨~«*#
###$$*†«~¨           Scared Of Him Then.            ¨~«†*$$###
####$*†«~¨                                          ¨~«†*$####
###*««¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨~~«««††*#
####$*†«~¨          Behind In Our Duties.           ¨~«†*$####
##*††«««~¨                                          ¨~«««††*##
##$$$*†«~¨                                          ¨~«†*$$$##
##*††††«~¨                                          ¨~«††††*##
####$*†«~¨                                          ¨~«†*$####
####$*†«~¨                                          ¨~«†*$####