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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. ##@¶¤@%~-.
.-~;%@¶@## ##@¶@%;~-.
.-~;%%%@@¤ 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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.-~;%@¤¶@# #@¶¤@%;~-.
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