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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.) @¤%*»:....
...:»*%¤@¶ ¶@¤%*»:...
..:»*%¤@¶# 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. ¶@¤%*»:...
....:»*%¤@ @¤%*»:....
.....:»*%¤ 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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