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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.) &@%%«-....
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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 ###@&@%«-.
...-«««%%& His Clothes. &%%«««-...
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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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