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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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