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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. ##@#£*:-,,
,,-:*£§#@# #@#§£*:-,,
,,,,,,-**§ 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.) #@#§£*:-,,
,,:*£§#@## ##@#§£*:,,
,,-:*£§@## 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. @#§£*---,,
,,-:*£§#@# #@#§£*:-,,
,,,-::::£§ 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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