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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. ¨¨¨¨.=*=@#
@=*=.¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨.=*=@
=*=.¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨.=*=
@=*=.¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨.=*=@
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