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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. @@@@.@...@
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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. @..@@..@.@
@@@.@..@.. @.@.@.@@@.
..@@@.@@.. 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. ..@...@@.@
....@....@ .@@..@.@@.
...@@...@@ 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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