~~~~
~~~ ~~~
\~ ~\
,~~\$&#@@# ,,,,,,,,,,,, \ \ ,,,,,,,,,,,, #@@#&$\~~,
,~~\$&&#@@ \~ ~\ @@#&&$\~~,
,~~\$&#@## ~~~ ~~~ ##@#&$\~~,
,~~~\$$#@@ ~~~~ @@#$$\~~~,
,,,,~\&&&# #&&&\~,,,,
,~~\\\$$&# The River That'S Our River Makes A #&$$\\\~~,
,,,,,~~\&# 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. #$\\~,,,,,
,~~\$&#@## ##@#&$\~~,
,,,,,,~$#@ @#$~,,,,,,
,~~\$&#@@# #@@#&$\~~,
,~~\$&#@## ##@#&$\~~,
,~~\$&#@@@ @@@#&$\~~,