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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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