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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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