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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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