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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.                ¨~«†%*§¶##
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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.               ¨~«†%*§§¶¶
##¶§*%†«~¨                                          ¨~«†%*§¶##
§%«««¨¨¨¨¨ 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.           ¨¨¨¨~«%*¶#
§%†~¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨~†%§
##¶§*%†«~¨ 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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