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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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,,»:$§£@## Father Is Away During The Day Doing ##@£§$:»,,
,,»:$§£@## Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary ##@£§$:»,,
,,»:$§£@## When He Returns Home, Each Day More So ##@£§$:»,,
,,»:$§£££@ Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him @£££§$:»,,
,,»:$§£@@# So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To #@@£§$:»,,
,,»:$§£@## His Clothes. ##@£§$:»,,
,,»:$§£@## ##@£§$:»,,
,,»:$§£@## Suddenly The Dense Bushwork Is Mirrored ##@£§$:»,,
,,,,,,,:§£ 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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