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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. ####¤%^«~,
,~«^%$¤¤## ##¤¤$%^«~,
,~«^%$¤### Father Is Away During The Day Doing ###¤$%^«~,
,~«^%$¤### Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary ###¤$%^«~,
,~«^%$¤### When He Returns Home, Each Day More So ###¤$%^«~,
,~«^%$¤### Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him ###¤$%^«~,
,,,,,~~^$¤ So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To ¤$^~~,,,,,
,~«^%$¤### His Clothes. ###¤$%^«~,
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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 ¤%«,,,,,,,
,~«^%$¤### Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father ###¤$%^«~,
,~^%$¤#### Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy ####¤$%^~,
,~«^%$¤### Them. Sometimes An Animal Will Sneak In ###¤$%^«~,
,~«^%$¤### But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh ###¤$%^«~,
,~«^%$$$$¤ Cut Flowers Thrown Right Outside The ¤$$$$%^«~,
,~«^%$¤### House He Suspects And Resents Our ###¤$%^«~,
,~«^%$¤### Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The ###¤$%^«~,
,~«^%$¤¤## Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. ##¤¤$%^«~,
,~«^%$¤### It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired ###¤$%^«~,
,~«^%$¤### Even In The Morning And Must ###¤$%^«~,
,~«^%$¤### Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ###¤$%^«~,
,,,,~~^%¤¤ Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That ¤¤%^~~,,,,
,~«^%$¤### We Will Carry It Out. ###¤$%^«~,
,~«^%$¤### ###¤$%^«~,
,,,,~«^$¤# Now He Leaves As Soon As He'S Awake And #¤$^«~,,,,
,,,,~~~^$# Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We #$^~~~,,,,
,,,,,~~^$¤ Are Left To Care For Us And The House ¤$^~~,,,,,
,~«^%$$$¤# 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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