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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. ##@%*=,...
....,=*%@# #@%*=,....
.....,=*%@ 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. ###@%*=,..
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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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