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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.) ¨¨¨¨¨¨«†&#
#@&&*††«,¨                                          ¨,«††*&&@#
@@*††††«,¨ 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.                ¨¨¨¨¨«††*&
&&&&*††«,¨                                          ¨,«††*&&&&
@**†,,¨¨¨¨ 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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