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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. ¶%*//=,,,,
,^=/*%@¶@# #@¶@%*/=^,
,^=/*%@¶@# 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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