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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. #@##%%*»~.
.~»*%%##@# #@##%%*»~.
.....~»%%# #%%»~.....
.....»»»%# #%»»».....
.~»*%%###@ @###%%*»~.
.~»*%%#@## ##@#%%*»~.