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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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