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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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