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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. £££#**;-^,
,,,,,^-*## ##*-^,,,,,
,^-;**£@## 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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