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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.           ,^~^%%§£##
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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 ,,,,,^^%§#
##£§%%^~^,          Behind In Our Duties.           ,^~^%%§£##
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