----
-^^ ^^-
^^ ^^
#@£#&=^-^¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ^ ^ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨^-^=&#£@#
@£#&=^-^¨¨ ^^ ^^ ¨¨^-^=&#£@
£#&=^-^¨¨¨ -^^ ^^- ¨¨¨^-^=&#£
#&=^-^¨¨¨¨ ---- ¨¨¨¨^-^=&#
&=^-^¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨^-^=&
=^-^¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨^-^=&#£@#
@£#&=^-^¨¨ ¨¨^-^=&#£@
£#&=^-^¨¨¨ ¨¨¨^-^=&#£
#&=^-^¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨^-^=&#
&=^-^¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨^-^=&
=^-^¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨^-^=