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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 ¨,«««=$$##
#@##&$=«,¨ Leaves  Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some ¨,«=$&##@#
##&&=«,¨¨¨ Even The  Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ¨¨¨,«=&&##
#&&&=«¨¨¨¨ Flowers And In  The Morning They Are Wet ¨¨¨¨«=&&&#
#@##&$=«,¨                With Dew.                 ¨,«=$&##@#
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##$=««,,¨¨ Father  Is  Away  During  The Day  Doing ¨¨,,««=$##
####&$=«,¨ Important Things Elsewhere. He Is  Weary ¨,«=$&####
####&$=«,¨ When  He  Returns Home, Each Day More So ¨,«=$&####
@###&$=«,¨ Than  The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him ¨,«=$&###@
#&$$««,,¨¨ So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend  To ¨¨,,««$$&#
##&$$==«,¨               His Clothes.               ¨,«==$$&##
#@##&$=«,¨                                          ¨,«=$&##@#
#$«,¨¨¨¨¨¨ Suddenly  The Dense Bushwork Is Mirrored ¨¨¨¨¨¨,«$#
##$=,,¨¨¨¨ Inside.  Stems  And  Leaves Appear Close ¨¨¨¨,,=$##
@#&$$««¨¨¨ 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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