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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 ##%%/»-...
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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 ####%%/»-.
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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 ###%%/»-..
.-»/%%#### Behind In Our Duties. ####%%/»-.
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