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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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