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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 £§=,......
.,~=$§¤££# Instead Steel Bars To Keep The Animals #££¤§$=~,.
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.,~=$§¤£## Around The House Is A Thick, Thick ##£¤§$=~,.
.,~=$§¤£## Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live ##£¤§$=~,.
.,~=$§¤£## The Animals That We Fight To Keep Away, ##£¤§$=~,.
.,~=$§¤### For They Speak To Us To Join Them In ###¤§$=~,.
.~=$§¤£### The Luscious Caves Below Ground. They ###£¤§$=~.
.,~=$§¤£## Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best ##£¤§$=~,.
.,~=$§¤£## Interest To Do So. There Is Important ##£¤§$=~,.
.,~=$§§¤£# Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant #£¤§§$=~,.
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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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.,~=$§¤£## Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary ##£¤§$=~,.
.,~=$§¤£## When He Returns Home, Each Day More So ##£¤§$=~,.
.,~=$¤£### Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him ###£¤$=~,.
....,==$§£ So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To £§$==,....
....,=$$§¤ His Clothes. ¤§$$=,....
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.,~~~=$§¤¤ Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close ¤¤§$=~~~,.
...,,~=§¤£ 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 #£§==~,...
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