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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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