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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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