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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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