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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. ##@@£%^«,,
,,«^%£@@## ##@@£%^«,,
,,«^%£@@## 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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