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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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