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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. @@#@@^/«,¨
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¨¨¨¨¨,//@# 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. @^/,¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨,«/^@@### 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. #@#@@^/«,¨
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¨¨¨¨,«^^^@ 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. #@#@@^/«,¨
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¨,«/^@@@## 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 #@#@@^/«,¨
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