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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. ##£@%^:=-.
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....=^^%@# 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. ###£@%:=-.
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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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