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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.) §§££*-^^,,
,^-*^£§@## ##@§£^*-^,
,,,,,,^-^§ 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. ###§£^*-^,
,^-*^£§@## ##@§£^*-^,
,^-*^£§### 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. #§§^^-,,,,
,,,^^^*£@# #@£*^^^,,,
,,,,^-*££@ 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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