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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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