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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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