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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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