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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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