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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. .,~;§@&£##
#£&@§;~,.. ..,~;§@&£#
£&@§;~,... 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. ..,~;§@&£#
£&@§;~,... ...,~;§@&£
#£&@§;~,.. 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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