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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.) ....-^§@#@
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##@#@§^-.. 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. ...-^§@#@#
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#@#@§^-... 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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