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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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