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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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.~»†*$¤@@# #@@¤$*†»~.
.~»†*$@@## ##@@$*†»~.
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