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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. ¤@==:¨¨¨¨¨
¨:==§@¤### ###¤@§==:¨
¨:==§@¤### 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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