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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. ##£$*†=^,,
,^=†*$£### ###£$*†=^,
,,^=†*$£## 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. ###£$*†=^,
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,,,^=†*$£# 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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