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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. ,^=*%*#@##
##@#*%*=^, ,^=*%*#@##
###@*%*=^, 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. ,^=*%*#@##
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##%=,,,,,, 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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