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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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