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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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