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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 .-=/%§&@##
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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 .-=/%§&@##
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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 ....=%§§§@
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