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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. £¤§*:-,...
..,-:*§¤£@ @£¤§*:-,..
.,-:*§¤£@# 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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