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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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