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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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