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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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