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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 ,,»=*¤&@##
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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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