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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. ,.=;§&¤@@#
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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. ,,,,,.=;&¤
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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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