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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. §§&//==,,,
,=/§&§@### ###@§&§/=,
,:===§§§@@ 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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