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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~-
~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~
-~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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