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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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