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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. ####£*:»,,
,,»:*£££## ##£££*:»,,
,,»:*£#### 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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