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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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