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@%$:-^.... The River That'S Our River Makes A ....^-:$%@
£@%$:-^... Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A ...^-:$%@£
#£@%$:-^.. Decent Days Travel North From That ..^-:$%@£#
##£@%$:-^. Stands Our House In The Middle Of A .^-:$%@£##
#£@%$:-^.. Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is ..^-:$%@£#
£@%$:-^... Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A ...^-:$%@£
@%$:-^.... Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But ....^-:$%@
%$:-^..... Instead Steel Bars To Keep The Animals .....^-:$%
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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. .......^-:
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%$:-^..... Suddenly The Dense Bushwork Is Mirrored .....^-:$%
@%$:-^.... Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close ....^-:$%@
£@%$:-^... To The Walls And Far From The Light. We ...^-:$%@£
#£@%$:-^.. Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful ..^-:$%@£#
##£@%$:-^. And Smell Good, And There Is Little .^-:$%@£##
#£@%$:-^.. Decoration In Our House. But When ..^-:$%@£#
£@%$:-^... Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts ...^-:$%@£
@%$:-^.... Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are ....^-:$%@
%$:-^..... Scared Of Him Then. .....^-:$%
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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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