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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.) @@@@@.@.@@
...@..@@@. @....@@@@.
...@@.@..@ 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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