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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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