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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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##¶£$$*-~, Every Morning Our Father Clears The ,~-*$$£¶##
#¶£$$*-~,, Ferns And Uproots The Bushes Only For ,,~-*$$£¶#
¶£$$*-~,,, Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their ,,,~-*$$£¶
£$$*-~,,,, Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some ,,,,~-*$$£
$$*-~,,,,, Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ,,,,,~-*$$
$*-~,,,,,, Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ,,,,,,~-*$
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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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