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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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