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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 ,^~^%%§£##
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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 ,,,,,^^%§#
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