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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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