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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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