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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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