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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 ###@@%/-:,
,:-/$$$$$@ Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall @$$$$$/-:,
,:-/$%@@## Behind In Our Duties. ##@@%$/-:,
,:-/$%@@@@ @@@@%$/-:,
,:-/$%@### ###@%$/-:,
,:-/$%@@## ##@@%$/-:,
,,,,:--$@@ @@$--:,,,,
,:-/$%@@## ##@@%$/-:,