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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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