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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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,^=^$%¤@## Every Morning Our Father Clears The ##@¤%$^=^,
,^=^$%¤¤¤# Ferns And Uproots The Bushes Only For #¤¤¤%$^=^,
,^=^$%¤@## Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their ##@¤%$^=^,
,,,,,^=^$¤ Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some ¤$^=^,,,,,
,,,,,,^=$¤ Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ¤$=^,,,,,,
,^=^$%¤@@# Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet #@@¤%$^=^,
,^=^$%¤¤¤@ With Dew. @¤¤¤%$^=^,
,^=^$%¤@## ##@¤%$^=^,
,^=^$%¤@## Father Is Away During The Day Doing ##@¤%$^=^,
,^===^$$$¤ Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary ¤$$$^===^,
,,,,,,=$%¤ When He Returns Home, Each Day More So ¤%$=,,,,,,
,,,,,^=^$¤ Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him ¤$^=^,,,,,
,,,,,^=$%¤ So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To ¤%$=^,,,,,
,,,,===^%@ His Clothes. @%^===,,,,
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,^=^$¤@### Suddenly The Dense Bushwork Is Mirrored ###@¤$^=^,
,,,,,,^^%@ Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close @%^^,,,,,,
,,,,,==$$¤ To The Walls And Far From The Light. We ¤$$==,,,,,
,^=^$%¤@## Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful ##@¤%$^=^,
,^=^$%¤@@# And Smell Good, And There Is Little #@@¤%$^=^,
,,^=^^$%@@ Decoration In Our House. But When @@%$^^=^,,
,^=^$%¤@## Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts ##@¤%$^=^,
,^=^$%¤@@@ Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are @@@¤%$^=^,
,^=^$%¤@## Scared Of Him Then. ##@¤%$^=^,
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,,,,,,=$%@ We Are Then Tasked With Removing Any @%$=,,,,,,
,^=^$%¤@## Indoor Plant We See. But They Are So ##@¤%$^=^,
,^=^$%¤@## Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father ##@¤%$^=^,
,,,,=$%¤¤# Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy #¤¤%$=,,,,
,^=^^$%%¤@ Them. Sometimes An Animal Will Sneak In @¤%%$^^=^,
,^=^$%@### But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh ###@%$^=^,
,^=^$%¤@## Cut Flowers Thrown Right Outside The ##@¤%$^=^,
,,,,=^%%¤@ 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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