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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. ###@%=;~,,
,,,,,~~;=@ @=;~~,,,,,
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