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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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