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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. ££*^-:,,,,
,,,:-^*££¶ ¶££*^-:,,,
,,:-^*££¶# 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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