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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. ..-=$$@@##
@$=....... .......=$@
###@$$=-.. 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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