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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~
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~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=
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