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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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