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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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