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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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