»»»»
»,, ,,»
*, ,*
,,,,»%§¤@@ ,,,,,,,,,,,, * * ,,,,,,,,,,,, @@¤§%»,,,,
,,,,,»%§¤@ *, ,* @¤§%»,,,,,
,,,,,,»%§¤ »,, ,,» ¤§%»,,,,,,
,,,,,»%§¤@ »»»» @¤§%»,,,,,
,,,,»%§¤@@ @@¤§%»,,,,
,,,»%§¤@@# 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. @@¤§%»,,,,
,,,,,»%§¤@ @¤§%»,,,,,
,,,,,,»%§¤ ¤§%»,,,,,,
,,,,,»%§¤@ @¤§%»,,,,,
,,,,»%§¤@@ @@¤§%»,,,,
,,,»%§¤@@# #@@¤§%»,,,