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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 :,,,,,,,,,
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