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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. ¨,~*%&§@@@
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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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