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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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