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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. ,~=†%%@¶##
#¶@%%†=~,, ,,~=†%%@¶#
##¶@%%†=~, 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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