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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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