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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 ,,,,,,,.~;
$;~.,,,,,, Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is ,,,,,,.~;$
¤$;~.,,,,, Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A ,,,,,.~;$¤
&¤$;~.,,,, Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But ,,,,.~;$¤&
#&¤$;~.,,, Instead Steel Bars To Keep The Animals ,,,.~;$¤&#
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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 ,,,,,,,.~;
$;~.,,,,,, Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their ,,,,,,.~;$
¤$;~.,,,,, Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some ,,,,,.~;$¤
&¤$;~.,,,, Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ,,,,.~;$¤&
#&¤$;~.,,, Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ,,,.~;$¤&#
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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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