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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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