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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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