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