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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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