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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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