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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. ,,,,,~=*%£
@£%*=~,,,, ,,,,~=*%£@
#@£%*=~,,, 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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