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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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