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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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