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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 .^~/*%@¶##
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##¶@%*/~^. 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. .^~/*@¶###
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##¶@%*/~^. 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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#¶¶@%*/~^. 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. .^~/*@¶###
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#@@%*/~... 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 .^~/*%@¶##
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