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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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