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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. ,,--\*%¤£#
£¤%*\--,,, ,,,--\*%¤£
¤%*\--,,,, 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.) ,,--\*%¤£#
£¤%*\--,,, ,,,--\*%¤£
¤%*\--,,,, 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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