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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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