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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.) %*^-~,,,,,
,,,,~-^*%¤ ¤%*^-~,,,,
,,,~-^*%¤@ 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. *^-~,,,,,,
,,,,,~-^*% %*^-~,,,,,
,,,,~-^*%¤ 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. *^-~,,,,,,
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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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