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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 ,,,,--/†¤¤
@¤$$††/=-, Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ,-=/††$$¤@
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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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