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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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