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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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