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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.) #$*/~~,,,,
,,,~~/*$#@ @#$*/~~,,,
,,~~/*$#@# 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 $*/~~,,,,,
,,,,,,~~/* With Dew. */~~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~~/ /~~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~~ Father Is Away During The Day Doing ~~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~ Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~~ When He Returns Home, Each Day More So ~~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~~/ Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him /~~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~~/* So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To */~~,,,,,,
,,,,,~~/*$ His Clothes. $*/~~,,,,,
,,,,~~/*$# #$*/~~,,,,
,,,~~/*$#@ 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 $*/~~,,,,,
,,,,,,~~/* Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are */~~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~~/ Scared Of Him Then. /~~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~~ ~~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~ We Are Then Tasked With Removing Any ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~~ Indoor Plant We See. But They Are So ~~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~~/ Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father /~~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~~/* Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy */~~,,,,,,
,,,,,~~/*$ 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. @#$*/~~,,,
,,~~/*$#@# #@#$*/~~,,
,~~/*$#@## ##@#$*/~~,
,,~~/*$#@# #@#$*/~~,,
,,,~~/*$#@ @#$*/~~,,,
,,,,~~/*$# #$*/~~,,,,