»»»»
»~~ ~~»
\~ ~\
##@¤%=\»~. ............ \ \ ............ .~»\=%¤@##
@%\\\»~~.. \~ ~\ ..~~»\\\%@
###@¤=\»~. »~~ ~~» .~»\=¤@###
##@¤%=\»~. »»»» .~»\=%¤@##
#¤=»»~.... ....~»»=¤#
##@¤%=\»~. 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. .~»\=%¤@##
##@¤%=\»~. .~»\=%¤@##
¤¤¤==».... ....»==¤¤¤
##@¤%=\»~. .~»\=%¤@##
¤%%%%=\»~. .~»\=%%%%¤
#@%\»».... ....»»\%@#