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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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