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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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