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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. .~-\%@@###
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@¤\\~~.... 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.) ...--\%@@@
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##@@¤%\-~. 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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