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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.                   @£††«-,,,,
,,,-«††£@#                                          #@£††«-,,,
,,-«††£@## 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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