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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. @@.@.@@@.@
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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.) @@.@......
@@..@.@..@ .@@@.....@
.@.@@@@.@@ 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 .@@@.@.@..
@.....@@@@ 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. .......@@@
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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. ...@@..@.@
@@@.@..... ..@.@.@@@.
..@@@..... 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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