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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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