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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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