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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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