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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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