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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.          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨=†¤
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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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