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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. #@@&*^=...
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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. ##@@&*^=..
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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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