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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 ¨,-†%¤¤###
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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 ¨,-†%¤¤###
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