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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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