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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. #£%\-,,,,,
,--\%&£¶## ##¶£&%\--,
,,,,,,,-%£ 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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