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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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