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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. ,,,,-*=££#
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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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