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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 ##@%%\\-:.
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