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,,,,-^$%£# ---- #£%$^-,,,,
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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.) #£%$^-,,,,
,,,,,-^$%£ £%$^-,,,,,
,,,,,,-^$% 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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