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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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