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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. ,^~\=§@@##
#@@§=\~^,, ,,^~\=§@@#
##@@§=\~^, 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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