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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 ¨¨¨¨¨^;@@@
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#@#@@§;-^¨ 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 ¨^-;;§§§@#
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