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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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