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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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