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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 ,^-\*¤¤###
###¤¤*\-^, 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 ,,,^\*¤¤##
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##¤\--^^,, 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 ,^-\*¤¤###
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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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