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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 ,^~\%%@¶##
¶@%%%%\~^, 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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