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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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