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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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