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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 ,,,,--^%£&
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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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