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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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