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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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