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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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