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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. @&&*†,,...
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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. #&&*-.....
....,†*£#@ @#£*†,....
...,--*£&& 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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