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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. ##¶#£**=-,
,,,-=***£# #£***=-,,,
,-=**£#¶@# 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. #£*=,,,,,,
,,,,,-=*£# #£*=-,,,,,
,,,,-=*##@ 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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