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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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