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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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