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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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#&$$$//»^, Around The House Is A Thick, Thick ,^»//$$$
####¤$/»^, Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live ,^»/$¤####
#&$$»,,,,, The Animals That We Fight To Keep Away, ,,,,,»$$
#&¤¤$/»^,, For They Speak To Us To Join Them In ,,^»/$¤¤
###&¤$/»^, The Luscious Caves Below Ground. They ,^»/$¤##
###&¤$/»^, Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best ,^»/$¤##
#&$$$$/»^, Interest To Do So. There Is Important ,^»/$$$$
###&¤$/»^, Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant ,^»/$¤##
###&¤$/»^, Be Done By Animals. (Father Says This.) ,^»/$¤##
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###&¤$/»^, Every Morning Our Father Clears The ,^»/$¤##
###&¤$/»^, Ferns And Uproots The Bushes Only For ,^»/$¤##
###&¤$/»^, Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their ,^»/$¤##
&$/^,,,,,, Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some ,,,,,,^/$&
###&¤$/»^, Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ,^»/$¤##
###&¤$/»^, Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ,^»/$¤##
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#&$»^^^,,, Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary ,,,^^^»$
###&¤$/»^, When He Returns Home, Each Day More So ,^»/$¤##
###&¤$/»^, Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him ,^»/$¤##
#&¤/^,,,,, So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To ,,,,,^/¤
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###&¤$/»^, Suddenly The Dense Bushwork Is Mirrored ,^»/$¤##
#¤¤/^^^,,, Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close ,,,^^^/¤¤#
##¤¤/^,,,, To The Walls And Far From The Light. We ,,,,^/¤¤##
###&¤$/»^, Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful ,^»/$¤##
###&¤$/»^, And Smell Good, And There Is Little ,^»/$¤##
##¤//^,,,, Decoration In Our House. But When ,,,,^//¤##
##&$$»^^,, 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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