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##@&$%:=-¨ The River That'S Our River Makes A ¨-=:%$&@##
#@&$%:=-¨¨ Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A ¨¨-=:%$&@#
@&$%:=-¨¨¨ Decent Days Travel North From That ¨¨¨-=:%$&@
#@&$%:=-¨¨ Stands Our House In The Middle Of A ¨¨-=:%$&@#
##@&$%:=-¨ Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is ¨-=:%$&@##
#@&$%:=-¨¨ Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A ¨¨-=:%$&@#
@&$%:=-¨¨¨ Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But ¨¨¨-=:%$&@
#@&$%:=-¨¨ Instead Steel Bars To Keep The Animals ¨¨-=:%$&@#
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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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