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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. £§$†:=,,,,
,,,=:†$§£# #£§$†:=,,,
,,=:†$§£## 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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