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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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