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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. :.........
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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. ##@¤£*=-:.
..:-=*£¤@# #@¤£*=-:..
...:-=*£¤@ 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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