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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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