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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. ¤£§^~,,,,,
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