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,-~†^@#### ~-- --~ ####@^†~-,
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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. ####@^†~-,
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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. ##^~,,,,,,
,-~†^@@@## ##@@@^†~-,
,,,,,-~^## 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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