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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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