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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 ,----~~\$£
££$$†\~-,, Leaves Are Teal,  White And Yellow, Some ,,-~\†$$££
##@£$†\~-, Even The  Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ,-~\†$£@##
#@£#$†\~-, Flowers And In  The Morning They Are Wet ,-~\†$#£@#
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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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