====
=,, ,,=
*, ,*
#¤§§=..... ............ * * ............ .....=§§¤#
¤%§=...... *, ,* ......=§%¤
¤§=,...... =,, ,,= ......,=§¤
###¤%§*=,. ==== .,=*§%¤###
¤¤§*,..... .....,*§¤¤
¤%§**==,,. 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. .,=*§%¤###
#¤%§*,.... ....,*§%¤#
¤¤§§**==,. .,==**§§¤¤
¤¤¤§=,.... ....,=§¤¤¤
¤%§§*=.... ....=*§§%¤
#%**=..... .....=**%#