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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.) #@§%%*-:,,
,,,:-*%%§@ @§%%*-:,,,
,,,,:-*%%§ 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. ##@§%%*-:,
,,:-*%%§@# #@§%%*-:,,
,,,:-*%%§@ 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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