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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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