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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. ,,,,^^^†@@
#@£†^^,,,, ,,,,^^†£@#
###@£†^~^, 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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