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#@¶&$%/«~, The River That'S Our River Makes A ,~«/%$&¶@#
#@¶&$%/«~, Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A ,~«/%$&¶@#
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@¶&%%%/«~, Stands Our House In The Middle Of A ,~«/%%%&¶@
&%«~~,,,,, Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is ,,,,,~~«%&
¶&%//««,,, Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A ,,,««//%&¶
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@¶$%««««~, Instead Steel Bars To Keep The Animals ,~««««%$¶@
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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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##¶&$%/«~, Every Morning Our Father Clears The ,~«/%$&¶##
¶¶¶&$%/«~, Ferns And Uproots The Bushes Only For ,~«/%$&¶¶¶
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#@¶&$%/«~, Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some ,~«/%$&¶@#
@&%««~,,,, Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ,,,,~««%&@
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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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#@¶&$%/«~, Suddenly The Dense Bushwork Is Mirrored ,~«/%$&¶@#
¶¶&$%%/«~, Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close ,~«/%%$&¶¶
¶$$/~,,,,, To The Walls And Far From The Light. We ,,,,,~/$$¶
@¶¶&$%/«~, Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful ,~«/%$&¶¶@
#@¶&$%/«~, And Smell Good, And There Is Little ,~«/%$&¶@#
#@¶&$%/«~, Decoration In Our House. But When ,~«/%$&¶@#
¶¶$$%//«~, Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts ,~«//%$$¶¶
#@¶&$%/«~, Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are ,~«/%$&¶@#
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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 ,,,~««%&&@
##@¶$%/«~, Cut Flowers Thrown Right Outside The ,~«/%$¶@##
¶¶¶&$%/«~, House He Suspects And Resents Our ,~«/%$&¶¶¶
#@¶&$%/«~, Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The ,~«/%$&¶@#
@@¶&$%/«~, Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. ,~«/%$&¶@@
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##¶&$%/«~, Even In The Morning And Must ,~«/%$&¶##
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#@¶&$%/«~, Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That ,~«/%$&¶@#
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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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