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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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