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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.) ###&%%^~,,
,,,~^%%&## ##&%%^~,,,
,,,,~^%%&# 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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