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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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