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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 ##@&$$:~,¨
¨,~:$$$$&# His Clothes. #&$$$$:~,¨
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¨,~:$$&@## 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. ##@&$$:~,¨
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¨,~:$$&@## 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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