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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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