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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 ####&%:»-.
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.-»:%### 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.) ####&%:»-.
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.-»:%### 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. ###&::-...
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.-»:%### 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. ###%%::»-.
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.-»:%### 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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