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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. @$=^-,....
...,-^=$@# #@$=^-,...
..,-^=$@## 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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