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#*§=~.¨¨¨¨ =. .= ¨¨¨¨.~=§*#
@#*§=~.¨¨¨ ~.. ..~ ¨¨¨.~=§*#@
#@#*§=~.¨¨ ~~~~ ¨¨.~=§*#@#
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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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.) ¨¨.~=§*#@#
##@#*§=~.¨ ¨.~=§*#@##
#@#*§=~.¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~
.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~=
§=~.¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨.~=§
*§=~.¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨.~=§*
§=~.¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨.~=§
=~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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