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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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