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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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