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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~/^
$^/~,¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨,~/^$
@$^/~,¨¨¨¨ Father Is Away During The Day Doing ¨¨¨¨,~/^$@
#@$^/~,¨¨¨ Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary ¨¨¨,~/^$@#
##@$^/~,¨¨ When He Returns Home, Each Day More So ¨¨,~/^$@##
###@$^/~,¨ Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him ¨,~/^$@###
##@$^/~,¨¨ So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To ¨¨,~/^$@##
#@$^/~,¨¨¨ His Clothes. ¨¨¨,~/^$@#
@$^/~,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,~/^$@
$^/~,¨¨¨¨¨ Suddenly The Dense Bushwork Is Mirrored ¨¨¨¨¨,~/^$
^/~,¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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