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,,»=†$$$$& »»»» &$$$$†=»,,
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,,,,,=††$& The River That'S Our River Makes A &$††=,,,,,
,,»=†$&&&@ Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A @&&&$†=»,,
,,,,,»†&@@ Decent Days Travel North From That @@&†»,,,,,
,,,,,=†$@@ Stands Our House In The Middle Of A @@$†=,,,,,
,,»=†$&@@@ Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is @@@&$†=»,,
,,,,,,=$@@ Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A @@$=,,,,,,
,,,,,=††&& Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But &&††=,,,,,
,,»=†$&@## Instead Steel Bars To Keep The Animals ##@&$†=»,,
,,»=†$&@@# Out. #@@&$†=»,,
,,,,,»=†&& &&†=»,,,,,
,,,,»==††& Around The House Is A Thick, Thick &††==»,,,,
,,»=$&@@## Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live ##@@&$=»,,
,,,,»»†$&& The Animals That We Fight To Keep Away, &&$†»»,,,,
,,,,,,»»†& For They Speak To Us To Join Them In &†»»,,,,,,
,,»=†$&@@# The Luscious Caves Below Ground. They #@@&$†=»,,
,,»=†$&@@@ Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best @@@&$†=»,,
,,,,,==$$& 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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