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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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#*†~¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨~†*#