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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. ¤^~,,,,,,,
,.~;^%¤@## ##@¤%^;~.,
,,,,,,.;%¤ 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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