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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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¨¨¨--;*%@# #@%*;--¨¨¨
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