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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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