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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.) ¨:~/*&@###
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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. ¨:~/*&@#@#
#@#@&*/~:¨ ¨:~/*&@#@#
@@@*~¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨:~/*&@#@#
#@#@&*/~:¨ ¨:~/*&@#@#
##&///~~:¨ 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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