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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. ¨¨¨¨¨..=@§
§§==..¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨..==§§
##@§@===.¨ 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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