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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 .......~*¤
#@@¤$*;~-. The Animals That We Fight To Keep Away, .-~;*$¤@@#
#@@¤$*;~-. For They Speak To Us To Join Them In .-~;*$¤@@#
@@@¤$*;~-. The Luscious Caves Below Ground. They .-~;*$¤@@@
@@$$*;~... Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best ...~;*$$@@
##@¤$*;~-. Interest To Do So. There Is Important .-~;*$¤@##
@@¤$;---.. Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant ..---;$¤@@
#@@¤$*;~-. Be Done By Animals. (Father Says This.) .-~;*$¤@@#
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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. .....~*¤@@
#@@¤$*;~-. .-~;*$¤@@#
@@@¤$*;~-. Suddenly The Dense Bushwork Is Mirrored .-~;*$¤@@@
@@$*;~.... Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close ....~;*$@@
@@¤*~..... 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 ..---~*¤@@
@@¤¤$*;~-. Them. Sometimes An Animal Will Sneak In .-~;*$¤¤@@
@@¤$;~-... But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh ...-~;$¤@@
#@@¤$*;~-. Cut Flowers Thrown Right Outside The .-~;*$¤@@#
¤$$;~~-... House He Suspects And Resents Our ...-~~;$$¤
@$;;~..... Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The .....~;;$@
@¤$***;~-. Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. .-~;***$¤@
##@@$*;~-. It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired .-~;*$@@##
@@@¤$*;~-. Even In The Morning And Must .-~;*$¤@@@
#@@¤$*;~-. Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed .-~;*$¤@@#
¤$*~~..... Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That .....~~*$¤
@@$;;--... We Will Carry It Out. ...--;;$@@
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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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