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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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