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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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