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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 #¤§**-....
.-~*$§¤¶## Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best ##¶¤§$*~-.
.-~*$§¤¶¶# Interest To Do So. There Is Important #¶¶¤§$*~-.
.-~*$§¤¶## Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant ##¶¤§$*~-.
.-~*$§¤¶## Be Done By Animals. (Father Says This.) ##¶¤§$*~-.
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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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......-*$¤ Suddenly The Dense Bushwork Is Mirrored ¤$*-......
.---~*$¤¤# Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close #¤¤$*~---.
.-~*$§¤¶## To The Walls And Far From The Light. We ##¶¤§$*~-.
.-~*$§¤¶## Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful ##¶¤§$*~-.
.-~*$§¤¤¤# And Smell Good, And There Is Little #¤¤¤§$*~-.
.-~*$§¤¶## Decoration In Our House. But When ##¶¤§$*~-.
.-~*$§¤¶## Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts ##¶¤§$*~-.
.-~*$§¤¶## Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are ##¶¤§$*~-.
.-~*$§¤¶¶¶ Scared Of Him Then. ¶¶¶¤§$*~-.
.-~*$§¤¶¶# #¶¶¤§$*~-.
.-~*$§¤¶## We Are Then Tasked With Removing Any ##¶¤§$*~-.
.-~*$§¤¶## Indoor Plant We See. But They Are So ##¶¤§$*~-.
.-~*$§¤¶## Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father ##¶¤§$*~-.
.-~*$§¤¶## Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy ##¶¤§$*~-.
.-~*$§¤¶## Them. Sometimes An Animal Will Sneak In ##¶¤§$*~-.
.-~*$§¤### But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh ###¤§$*~-.
.-~*$§¤¶## Cut Flowers Thrown Right Outside The ##¶¤§$*~-.
.....-~$¤¤ House He Suspects And Resents Our ¤¤$~-.....
...-*$$$¤¶ Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The ¶¤$$$*-...
.-~*$§¤¶## Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. ##¶¤§$*~-.
.-~*$§¶### It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired ###¶§$*~-.
......-*$¤ Even In The Morning And Must ¤$*-......
.....-~*§¶ 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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