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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. #@&%†*--,,
,,,--*†%&@ @&%†*--,,,
,,,,--*†%& 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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