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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.) &&*%;^,,,,
,^=;%*&@@# #@@&*%;=^,
,^=;%*&@@@ 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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