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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 ¤=///===,¨
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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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