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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. ¶¶@\,,,,,,
,,«\%@§¶## ##¶§@%\«,,
,,«\%@§¶@# 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. §@@\«,,,,,
,,«\%@§¶@# #@¶§@%\«,,
,,«\%@§¶@# 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. #@¶§@%\«,,
,,«\%@§¶@# #@¶§@%\«,,
,,«\%@§¶@@ 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. ¶¶¶§@%\«,,
,,,,,,«\@¶ ¶@\«,,,,,,
,,«\%@¶@## 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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