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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. @§%*/~,...
..,~/*%§@# #@§%*/~,..
.,~/*%§@## ##@§%*/~,.
..,~/*%§@# #@§%*/~,..
...,~/*%§@ @§%*/~,...
....,~/*%§ §%*/~,....