»»»»
»~~ ~~»
/~ ~/
#@¶#§%/»~. ............ / / ............ .~»/%§#¶@#
@¶#§%/»~.. /~ ~/ ..~»/%§#¶@
¶#§%/»~... »~~ ~~» ...~»/%§#¶
@¶#§%/»~.. »»»» ..~»/%§#¶@
#@¶#§%/»~. .~»/%§#¶@#
@¶#§%/»~.. 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. .~»/%§#¶@#
@¶#§%/»~.. ..~»/%§#¶@
¶#§%/»~... ...~»/%§#¶
@¶#§%/»~.. ..~»/%§#¶@
#@¶#§%/»~. .~»/%§#¶@#
@¶#§%/»~.. ..~»/%§#¶@