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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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