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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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