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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.) ,,,,,,,,,,
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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. @£*;-:,,,,
,,,:-;*£@@ @@£*;-:,,,
,,:-;*£@@# 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. ,,,,,,,,,,
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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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