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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. ,,-=:†%@#@
#@%†:=-,,, ,,,-=:†%@#
@%†:=-,,,, 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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