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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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#$$/~,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,~/$$#