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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. @@¤***†-:¨
¨:-†*¤@@## ##@@¤*†-:¨
¨:-†*¤#@@# 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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