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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. $/~,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,~ Now He Leaves As Soon As He'S Awake And ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~ Are Left To Care For Us And The House ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~/ And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We /~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~/$ Are Distracted. We Are Not As $/~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~/$¤ Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ¤$/~,,,,,,
,,,,,~/$¤¤ Behind In Our Duties. ¤¤$/~,,,,,
,,,,~/$¤¤# #¤¤$/~,,,,
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