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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 ,,,,,,,;§@
##¶@$§;~,, Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him ,,~;§$@¶##
¶$;,,,,,,, So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To ,,,,,,,;$¶
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###¶@§;~,, 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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##¶@$§;~,, Now He Leaves As Soon As He'S Awake And ,,~;§$@¶##
@@@@$§;~,, Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We ,,~;§$@@@@
###@$§;~,, Are Left To Care For Us And The House ,,~;§$@###
@$;,,,,,,, And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We ,,,,,,,;$@
#@$§;;;~,, Are Distracted. We Are Not As ,,~;;;§$@#
##¶@$§;~,, Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ,,~;§$@¶##
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