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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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