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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 @§$%\»,...
....,»\%$§ Be Done By Animals. (Father Says This.) §$%\»,....
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......,»\% Every Morning Our Father Clears The %\»,......
.......,»\ Ferns And Uproots The Bushes Only For \»,.......
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.......,»\ Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some \»,.......
......,»\% Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac %\»,......
.....,»\%$ 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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