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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.) #@¤§%†»...
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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. #@¤§%†»...
..»†%§¤@## ##@¤§%†»..
...»†%§¤@# 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. ##@¤§%†»..
...»†%§¤@# #@¤§%†»...
..»†%§¤@## 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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