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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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