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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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