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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 @£=,,,,,,,
,,~=$£&@## Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is ##@&£$=~,,
,,,,,~=$$& Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A &$$=~,,,,,
,,,~~~$&@@ Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But @@&$~~~,,,
,,,,,,~$£& Instead Steel Bars To Keep The Animals &£$~,,,,,,
,,,,,,~$£@ Out. @£$~,,,,,,
,,~~~=$&&# #&&$=~~~,,
,,,,,,~~$& Around The House Is A Thick, Thick &$~~,,,,,,
,,~=$£&@## Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live ##@&£$=~,,
,,,,=$$&@# The Animals That We Fight To Keep Away, #@&$$=,,,,
,,~=$£&@## For They Speak To Us To Join Them In ##@&£$=~,,
,,,,~~$&@# The Luscious Caves Below Ground. They #@&$~~,,,,
,,,,~~~=$& Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best &$=~~~,,,,
,,~=$£&@## Interest To Do So. There Is Important ##@&£$=~,,
,,,,,=££&# Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant #&££=,,,,,
,,~=$£££@@ Be Done By Animals. (Father Says This.) @@£££$=~,,
,,~=$£&@## ##@&£$=~,,
,,~=$£&@## Every Morning Our Father Clears The ##@&£$=~,,
,,,,,~=£&@ Ferns And Uproots The Bushes Only For @&£=~,,,,,
,,,,,~=£&& Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their &&£=~,,,,,
,,~=$£&@## Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some ##@&£$=~,,
,,,,,==$$& Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac &$$==,,,,,
,,,,,=$$$& Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet &$$$=,,,,,
,,~=$£&@## With Dew. ##@&£$=~,,
,,~=$£@### ###@£$=~,,
,,~=$£&@## Father Is Away During The Day Doing ##@&£$=~,,
,,,,,~$££& Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary &££$~,,,,,
,,~=$£@### When He Returns Home, Each Day More So ###@£$=~,,
,,~=$£&&@@ Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him @@&&£$=~,,
,,,,,,~=£@ So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To @£=~,,,,,,
,,,,,~~=£& His Clothes. &£=~~,,,,,
,,,,,,,=£@ @£=,,,,,,,
,,~=$£&@## Suddenly The Dense Bushwork Is Mirrored ##@&£$=~,,
,,,,~$$£&& Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close &&£$$~,,,,
,,,~~==$&# To The Walls And Far From The Light. We #&$==~~,,,
,,~=$£&@## Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful ##@&£$=~,,
,,,,=$$££& And Smell Good, And There Is Little &££$$=,,,,
,,~=$£&@## Decoration In Our House. But When ##@&£$=~,,
,,~=$£&### Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts ###&£$=~,,
,,~=$£&@## Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are ##@&£$=~,,
,,~=$£&@## Scared Of Him Then. ##@&£$=~,,
,,,,,~$&@@ @@&$~,,,,,
,,~=$£&@## We Are Then Tasked With Removing Any ##@&£$=~,,
,,,,,~~~$& Indoor Plant We See. But They Are So &$~~~,,,,,
,,,,,,~=£@ 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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