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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 ......,-†%
$%†-,..... Be Done By Animals. (Father Says This.) .....,-†%$
#$%†-,.... ....,-†%$#
@#$%†-,... Every Morning Our Father Clears The ...,-†%$#@
@@#$%†-,.. Ferns And Uproots The Bushes Only For ..,-†%$#@@
#@@#$%†-,. Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their .,-†%$#@@#
@@#$%†-,.. Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some ..,-†%$#@@
@#$%†-,... Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ...,-†%$#@
#$%†-,.... Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ....,-†%$#
$%†-,..... With Dew. .....,-†%$
%†-,...... ......,-†%
†-,....... 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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