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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. ####@%†-,¨
¨,-†%@#£@# #@£#@%†-,¨
¨,-†%@#££@ 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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