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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 ,,,,,,,,,,
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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 ,,,^~/%§@@
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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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