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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:=\
^\=:¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨:=\^
*^\=:¨¨¨¨¨ 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.) ¨¨¨¨¨:=\^*
^\=:¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨:=\^
\=:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨:=\^*@###
##@*^\=:¨¨ ¨¨:=\^*@##
#@*^\=:¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨:=\^
*^\=:¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨:=\^*
@*^\=:¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨:=\^
\=:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:=\
^\=:¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨:=\^*@
#@*^\=:¨¨¨ ¨¨¨:=\^*@#
##@*^\=:¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨:=\^
\=:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:=\
^\=:¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨:=\^
*^\=:¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨:=\^*
@*^\=:¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨:=\^*@
#@*^\=:¨¨¨ ¨¨¨:=\^*@#