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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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