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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 .~~/$$@###
@$//~..... Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him .....~//$@
#@$/~~.... So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To ....~~/$@#
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@@$$/~~~~. 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 ...~~/$$@@
@$$$/~~... 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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