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,:«;=£#@## The River That'S Our River Makes A ##@#£=;«:,
,:«;=$£#@# Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A #@#£$=;«:,
,:«;=$£### Decent Days Travel North From That ###£$=;«:,
,:«;=$£#@# Stands Our House In The Middle Of A #@#£$=;«:,
,:«;=$£### Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is ###£$=;«:,
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,:«;=$£##@ Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But @##£$=;«:,
,:«;=$£#@# Instead Steel Bars To Keep The Animals #@#£$=;«:,
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,:«;=$£#@@ Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live @@#£$=;«:,
,:«;=$££## The Animals That We Fight To Keep Away, ##££$=;«:,
,,,,«;=£££ 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 £££=;:,,,,
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,,,,«===£# Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their #£===«,,,,
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,:«;=$£#@# Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac #@#£$=;«:,
,:«;$£#@## Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ##@#£$;«:,
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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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,:«;=$£#@@ Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close @@#£$=;«:,
,:«;=$£#@@ To The Walls And Far From The Light. We @@#£$=;«:,
,:«;=$£### Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful ###£$=;«:,
,:«;=$£#@# And Smell Good, And There Is Little #@#£$=;«:,
,:«;=$£#@# Decoration In Our House. But When #@#£$=;«:,
,:«;=$£#@# Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts #@#£$=;«:,
,:«;=$£### Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are ###£$=;«:,
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,:«;=$£#@# We Are Then Tasked With Removing Any #@#£$=;«:,
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,:«;=$£#@@ Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father @@#£$=;«:,
,:«;=$£#@# Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy #@#£$=;«:,
,:«;=$£#@@ Them. Sometimes An Animal Will Sneak In @@#£$=;«:,
,,,,,««=£@ 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 £=;;::,,,,
,:«;=$£#@# Are Distracted. We Are Not As #@#£$=;«:,
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