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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 ¨¨¨,~*=£##
#£=*~,¨¨¨¨ Behind In Our Duties. ¨¨¨¨,~*=£#
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