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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. ..@@.@.@@.
@..@..@@@. .@.@@@@.@.
@.@@.@..@. 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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