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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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