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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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##$=/-.¨¨¨ ¨¨¨.-/=$##