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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.) ¨¨¨¨¨=^#@@
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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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