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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 ¤†††::,,,,
,:-:†$¤@## Behind In Our Duties. ##@¤$†:-:,
,:-:†$¤@@# #@@¤$†:-:,
,:-:†$¤@@# #@@¤$†:-:,
,:-:†$¤@@@ @@@¤$†:-:,
,:-:†$@@## ##@@$†:-:,
,:-:†$¤@@# #@@¤$†:-:,