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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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##§*==¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨~*§###
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#@##§%*=~¨ 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 ¨~=*%%%%§#
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#%*=~¨¨¨¨¨ But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh ¨¨¨¨¨~=*%#
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#@##§%*=~¨ 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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