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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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