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##§$*\»,¨¨ The River That'S Our River Makes A ¨¨,»\*$§##
#§$*\»,¨¨¨ Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A ¨¨¨,»\*$§#
##§$*\»,¨¨ Decent Days Travel North From That ¨¨,»\*$§##
###§$*\»,¨ Stands Our House In The Middle Of A ¨,»\*$§###
##§$*\»,¨¨ Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is ¨¨,»\*$§##
#§$*\»,¨¨¨ Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A ¨¨¨,»\*$§#
##§$*\»,¨¨ Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But ¨¨,»\*$§##
###§$*\»,¨ Instead Steel Bars To Keep The Animals ¨,»\*$§###
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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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