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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. #@¶@%:»-,,
,-»:%@¶@## ##@¶@%:»-,
,,-»:%@¶@# 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. ##@¶@%:»-,
,,-»:%@¶@# #@¶@%:»-,,
,-»:%@¶@## 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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