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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. #£=-^,,,,,
,,,,^-=£#£ £#£=-^,,,,
,,,^-=£#£@ 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.) =-^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,^-=£ £=-^,,,,,,
,,,,,^-=£# 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. @£#£=-^,,,
,,,,^-=£#£ £#£=-^,,,,
,,,,,^-=£# 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. £#£=-^,,,,
,,,^-=£#£@ @£#£=-^,,,
,,^-=£#£@# 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. #@£#£=-^,,
,^-=£#£@## ##@£#£=-^,
,,^-=£#£@# 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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