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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.           ,.........
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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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