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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. @¤¤@=**»,,
,,»*=@¤@@# #@@¤@=*»,,
,,»*=@@@@@ 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. #@@¤@=*»,,
,,»*=@¤@@# #@@¤@=*»,,
,,»*=@@¤@@ 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. @¤@***,,,,
,,,,»**@¤¤ ¤¤@**»,,,,
,,,»**==@@ 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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