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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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.:-;=%§### 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 §=;-......
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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. ###§%=;-:.
....::--=§ 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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.:-;=%§### 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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