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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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