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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.) #¤%%%=^~:,
,,,:~==¤£# #£¤==~:,,,
,:~^=%¤£## 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. £%^^:,,,,,
,:~=%¤£### ###£¤%=~:,
,:~^=%%%¤# 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. #£¤¤%=^~:,
,:~^=%¤££# #££¤%=^~:,
,,,,,::^%¤ 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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