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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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