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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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