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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 ...@......
...@@.@@@. Behind In Our Duties. ..@@.....@
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