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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~^ ~,, ,,~ ^~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~ ~~~~ ~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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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