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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. ##==-,,,,,
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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. #¶@;;,,,,,
,,-;=@#¶## ##¶#@=;-,,
,,,,,,,;@¶ 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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