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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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