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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. ,,,,,~=;%@
§@%;=~,,,, ,,,,~=;%@§
@§@%;=~,,, 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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