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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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