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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~;=
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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~
;~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~;
=;~,¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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