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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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