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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.               ¨^~;%§£###
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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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