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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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