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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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