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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 ,,,^«\%%¤£
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