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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. §******~,¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~*§ §*~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~**&§@@# 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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