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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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###@$%;»^, Now He Leaves As Soon As He'S Awake And ,^»;%$@###
##@$%;»^,, Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We ,,^»;%$@##
#@$%;»^,,, Are Left To Care For Us And The House ,,,^»;%$@#
@$%;»^,,,, And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We ,,,,^»;%$@
#@$%;»^,,, Are Distracted. We Are Not As ,,,^»;%$@#
##@$%;»^,, Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ,,^»;%$@##
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