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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 ,^«=†¤#¶##
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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 ,,,,,^=†#¶
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###¤¤†=«^, 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 ,,^^^=†¤¤#
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##¶#¤†=«^, Now He Leaves As Soon As He'S Awake And ,^«=†¤#¶##
¶¶¶#¤†=«^, Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We ,^«=†¤#¶¶¶
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##¶#¤†=«^, And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We ,^«=†¤#¶##
##¶#¤†=«^, Are Distracted. We Are Not As ,^«=†¤#¶##
##¶#¤†=«^, Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ,^«=†¤#¶##
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