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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 ¨,«*†£&#@#
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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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