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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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