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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.) ¨¨¨,~=§&@#
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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~=§
&§=~,¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨,~=§&
@&§=~,¨¨¨¨ 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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