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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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