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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. ...~~^*¤@@
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##@¤*†^-~. 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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