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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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