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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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