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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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