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,~~=%¤&¶@# ~~~ ~~~ #@¶&¤%=~~,
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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. @¶&¤%=~~,,
,,,~~=%¤&¶ ¶&¤%=~~,,,
,,,,~~=%¤& 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. =~~,,,,,,,
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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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