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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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