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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. ##@§*%:»,,
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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. ##£§*%:»,,
,,»:%*§£@# #@£§*%:»,,
,»:%*§£@## 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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