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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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