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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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