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