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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.           ££@@††~...
.:~†%@&£@#                                          #@£&@%†~:.
.:~†%@@&&& 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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