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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. ##@&£†:=-,
,-=::::†&@ @&†::::=-,
,,,,,==†£& 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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