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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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