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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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