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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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