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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.) §§@**-,,,,
,,-=*@§@## ##@§@*=-,,
,,-=*@§@## 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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