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##@#§$*=,¨ The  River  That'S  Our  River  Makes  A ¨,=*$§#@##
##@#§$*=,¨ Large Bend  Like A  Scooping  Hand And A ¨,=*$§#@##
@##$$**=,¨ Decent   Days  Travel  North  From  That ¨,=**$$##@
#$*,¨¨¨¨¨¨ Stands  Our House  In  The Middle  Of  A ¨¨¨¨¨¨,*$#
@§$$$$*=,¨ Forgotten  Apple  Orchard. Our House  Is ¨,=*$$$$§@
#§*==,,¨¨¨ Built Of Dark Clay  And Abandoned  By  A ¨¨¨,,==*§#
##$*==,¨¨¨ Stranger.  The Window Has No  Glass  But ¨¨¨,==*$##
##@#§$*=,¨ Instead Steel Bars  To  Keep The Animals ¨,=*$§#@##
###$==¨¨¨¨                   Out.                   ¨¨¨¨==$###
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##@#§$*=,¨ Around  The  House  Is  A  Thick,  Thick ¨,=*$§#@##
##@#§$*=,¨ Brush  Of  Ferns And Bushes.  There Live ¨,=*$§#@##
###@#§$=,¨ The Animals That We Fight To Keep  Away, ¨,=$§#@###
###§*,¨¨¨¨ For  They Speak To Us  To  Join Them  In ¨¨¨¨,*§###
##@#§$*=,¨ The  Luscious  Caves  Below Ground. They ¨,=*$§#@##
##@#§$*=,¨ Mean No  Harm But It Is Not  In Our Best ¨,=*$§#@##
##@#§$*=,¨ Interest To  Do So.  There Is  Important ¨,=*$§#@##
##@#§$*=,¨ Work That Needs  To Be Done, And It Cant ¨,=*$§#@##
####§$*=,¨ Be  Done By Animals. (Father Says This.) ¨,=*$§####
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#$$$$$*=,¨ Every  Morning  Our  Father  Clears  The ¨,=*$$$$$#
####§$*=,¨ Ferns And  Uproots  The Bushes  Only For ¨,=*$§####
#@§§*,¨¨¨¨ Them  To  Grow  Back  Each  Night. Their ¨¨¨¨,*§§@#
###@#§$*=¨ Leaves  Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some ¨=*$§#@###
#@§§$**=,¨ Even The Color Of Wine. They Have  Lilac ¨,=**$§§@#
#@@#§$*=,¨ Flowers And In The Morning  They Are Wet ¨,=*$§#@@#
@#§$*=¨¨¨¨                 With Dew.                ¨¨¨¨=*$§#@
##@#§$*=,¨                                          ¨,=*$§#@##
##@#§$*=,¨ Father  Is Away  During  The  Day  Doing ¨,=*$§#@##
#$$=¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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    ¨,=*$$$#@@
@@#$*===,¨ Cutting To Us  As Well,  Untrusting That ¨,===*$#@@
##@#§$*=,¨          We Will Carry It Out.           ¨,=*$§#@##
##@#§$*=,¨                                          ¨,=*$§#@##
##$**=¨¨¨¨ Now He Leaves As Soon  As He'S Awake And ¨¨¨¨=**$##
##@#§$*=,¨ Falls Asleep  As Soon As He  Returns. We ¨,=*$§#@##
#@§$$$*=,¨ 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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