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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 ,,,,,,:~/^
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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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