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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. ##@#%**-:¨
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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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