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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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