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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.) @&%=,,,,,,
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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. ##@&%%/=,,
,,=/%%&@## ##@&%%/=,,
,,=/%%&@## 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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