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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 ,,,,,,,~-*
$*-~,,,,,, Stands Our House In The Middle Of A ,,,,,,~-*$
$$*-~,,,,, Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is ,,,,,~-*$$
£$$*-~,,,, Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A ,,,,~-*$$£
#£$$*-~,,, Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But ,,,~-*$$£#
@#£$$*-~,, Instead Steel Bars To Keep The Animals ,,~-*$$£#@
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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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