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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. £@%***.,,,
,.~*%%@£@# #@£@%%*~.,
,.~*%%%@@£ 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. £@%%%*~~.,
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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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