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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. ###@%^/~^,
,^~/^%£@@# #@@£%^/~^,
,,,^//^%@# 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. £%/~^,,,,,
,,,,,,~^£@ @£^~,,,,,,
,^~/^%£@## 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. @%/~^,,,,,
,^~/^%£@## ##@£%^/~^,
,,,,^//%£# 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. @£%//~~,,,
,^~/^%£@## ##@£%^/~^,
,^~/^%£@## 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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