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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 @†»»,,,,,,
,,»††$@### With Dew. ###@$††»,,
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,,,»»†$$$# Father Is Away During The Day Doing #$$$†»»,,,
,,»††$@### Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary ###@$††»,,
,,»††$@### When He Returns Home, Each Day More So ###@$††»,,
,,»††$@@@# Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him #@@@$††»,,
,,,»»»†$## So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To ##$†»»»,,,
,,»††$@### His Clothes. ###@$††»,,
,,»††$@### ###@$††»,,
,,»††$$@## Suddenly The Dense Bushwork Is Mirrored ##@$$††»,,
,,,,,††$## Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close ##$††,,,,,
,,»††$@### To The Walls And Far From The Light. We ###@$††»,,
,,»††$@### Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful ###@$††»,,
,,»††$@### And Smell Good, And There Is Little ###@$††»,,
,,»††$$@@@ Decoration In Our House. But When @@@$$††»,,
,,»††$@### Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts ###@$††»,,
,,»††$@### Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are ###@$††»,,
,,,,,,†$@# Scared Of Him Then. #@$†,,,,,,
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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 @††»,,,,,,
,,»††$@### We Will Carry It Out. ###@$††»,,
,,»††$$@@# #@@$$††»,,
,,»†††$$@# Now He Leaves As Soon As He'S Awake And #@$$†††»,,
,,»††$@### Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We ###@$††»,,
,»††$@#### Are Left To Care For Us And The House ####@$††»,
,,,,,»†$@@ And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We @@$†»,,,,,
,,»††$#### Are Distracted. We Are Not As ####$††»,,
,,»††$@### Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ###@$††»,,
,,»††$@### Behind In Our Duties. ###@$††»,,
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