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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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