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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. #@%*\--,,,
,,--\*%@## ##@%*\--,,
,--\*%@### ###@%*\--,
,,--\*%@## ##@%*\--,,
,,,--\*%@# #@%*\--,,,
,,,,--\*%@ @%*\--,,,,