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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. ^:~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~:^£ £^:~,,,,,,
,,,,,~:^£& 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. ###&£^:~,,
,,,~:^£# ##&£^:~,,,
,,,,~:^£ 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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