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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. ##@@$$/~,,
,,,,,,,~$@ @$~,,,,,,,
,,~//$$$$@ @$$$$//~,,
,,~/$$@@## ##@@$$/~,,
,,,,,,,/$@ @$/,,,,,,,
,,,,,~$@@@ @@@$~,,,,,