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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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