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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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