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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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