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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 ,,,,,~;%§@
#@$;;;~,,, And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We ,,,~;;;$@#
##@§$%;~~, Are Distracted. We Are Not As ,~~;%$§@##
##@§$%;~~, Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ,~~;%$§@##
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