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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 ##@@§**-.,
,.-**$§§§@ Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts @§§§$**-.,
,,,,..-*$§ Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are §$*-..,,,,
,.-**$§@@# Scared Of Him Then. #@@§$**-.,
,.-**$§@## ##@§$**-.,
,.-**$§§§§ We Are Then Tasked With Removing Any §§§§$**-.,
,.-**$§@## Indoor Plant We See. But They Are So ##@§$**-.,
,,,..**§§§ 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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