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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 ¨¨¨¨,,,/=¤
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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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