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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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