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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. ¨¨¨:~†%§¶#
¶§%†~:¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨:~†%§¶
§%†~:¨¨¨¨¨ 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.) ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:
~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~
†~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~
:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨:~†%§¶
#¶§%†~:¨¨¨ ¨¨¨:~†%§¶#
##¶§%†~:¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~
†~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~†
%†~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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