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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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....»^^†&& &&†^^»....
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