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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.) @§=~~,,,,,
,,,,,,~~=§ §=~~,,,,,,
,,,,,~~=§@ 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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