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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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