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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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