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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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