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,,,,-==$%¤ ==== ¤%$==-,,,,
,,,-==$%¤@ @¤%$==-,,,
,,-==$%¤@# The River That'S Our River Makes A #@¤%$==-,,
,-==$%¤@## Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A ##@¤%$==-,
,,-==$%¤@# Decent Days Travel North From That #@¤%$==-,,
,,,-==$%¤@ Stands Our House In The Middle Of A @¤%$==-,,,
,,,,-==$%¤ Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is ¤%$==-,,,,
,,,-==$%¤@ Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A @¤%$==-,,,
,,-==$%¤@# Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But #@¤%$==-,,
,-==$%¤@## Instead Steel Bars To Keep The Animals ##@¤%$==-,
,,-==$%¤@# Out. #@¤%$==-,,
,,,-==$%¤@ @¤%$==-,,,
,,,,-==$%¤ Around The House Is A Thick, Thick ¤%$==-,,,,
,,,-==$%¤@ Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live @¤%$==-,,,
,,-==$%¤@# The Animals That We Fight To Keep Away, #@¤%$==-,,
,-==$%¤@## For They Speak To Us To Join Them In ##@¤%$==-,
,,-==$%¤@# The Luscious Caves Below Ground. They #@¤%$==-,,
,,,-==$%¤@ Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best @¤%$==-,,,
,,,,-==$%¤ Interest To Do So. There Is Important ¤%$==-,,,,
,,,-==$%¤@ Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant @¤%$==-,,,
,,-==$%¤@# Be Done By Animals. (Father Says This.) #@¤%$==-,,
,-==$%¤@## ##@¤%$==-,
,,-==$%¤@# Every Morning Our Father Clears The #@¤%$==-,,
,,,-==$%¤@ Ferns And Uproots The Bushes Only For @¤%$==-,,,
,,,,-==$%¤ Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their ¤%$==-,,,,
,,,-==$%¤@ Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some @¤%$==-,,,
,,-==$%¤@# Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac #@¤%$==-,,
,-==$%¤@## Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ##@¤%$==-,
,,-==$%¤@# With Dew. #@¤%$==-,,
,,,-==$%¤@ @¤%$==-,,,
,,,,-==$%¤ Father Is Away During The Day Doing ¤%$==-,,,,
,,,-==$%¤@ Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary @¤%$==-,,,
,,-==$%¤@# When He Returns Home, Each Day More So #@¤%$==-,,
,-==$%¤@## Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him ##@¤%$==-,
,,-==$%¤@# So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To #@¤%$==-,,
,,,-==$%¤@ His Clothes. @¤%$==-,,,
,,,,-==$%¤ ¤%$==-,,,,
,,,-==$%¤@ Suddenly The Dense Bushwork Is Mirrored @¤%$==-,,,
,,-==$%¤@# Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close #@¤%$==-,,
,-==$%¤@## To The Walls And Far From The Light. We ##@¤%$==-,
,,-==$%¤@# Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful #@¤%$==-,,
,,,-==$%¤@ And Smell Good, And There Is Little @¤%$==-,,,
,,,,-==$%¤ Decoration In Our House. But When ¤%$==-,,,,
,,,-==$%¤@ Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts @¤%$==-,,,
,,-==$%¤@# Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are #@¤%$==-,,
,-==$%¤@## Scared Of Him Then. ##@¤%$==-,
,,-==$%¤@# #@¤%$==-,,
,,,-==$%¤@ We Are Then Tasked With Removing Any @¤%$==-,,,
,,,,-==$%¤ Indoor Plant We See. But They Are So ¤%$==-,,,,
,,,-==$%¤@ Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father @¤%$==-,,,
,,-==$%¤@# Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy #@¤%$==-,,
,-==$%¤@## Them. Sometimes An Animal Will Sneak In ##@¤%$==-,
,,-==$%¤@# But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh #@¤%$==-,,
,,,-==$%¤@ Cut Flowers Thrown Right Outside The @¤%$==-,,,
,,,,-==$%¤ House He Suspects And Resents Our ¤%$==-,,,,
,,,-==$%¤@ Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The @¤%$==-,,,
,,-==$%¤@# Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. #@¤%$==-,,
,-==$%¤@## It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired ##@¤%$==-,
,,-==$%¤@# Even In The Morning And Must #@¤%$==-,,
,,,-==$%¤@ Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed @¤%$==-,,,
,,,,-==$%¤ Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That ¤%$==-,,,,
,,,-==$%¤@ We Will Carry It Out. @¤%$==-,,,
,,-==$%¤@# #@¤%$==-,,
,-==$%¤@## Now He Leaves As Soon As He'S Awake And ##@¤%$==-,
,,-==$%¤@# Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We #@¤%$==-,,
,,,-==$%¤@ Are Left To Care For Us And The House @¤%$==-,,,
,,,,-==$%¤ And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We ¤%$==-,,,,
,,,-==$%¤@ Are Distracted. We Are Not As @¤%$==-,,,
,,-==$%¤@# Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall #@¤%$==-,,
,-==$%¤@## Behind In Our Duties. ##@¤%$==-,
,,-==$%¤@# #@¤%$==-,,
,,,-==$%¤@ @¤%$==-,,,
,,,,-==$%¤ ¤%$==-,,,,
,,,-==$%¤@ @¤%$==-,,,
,,-==$%¤@# #@¤%$==-,,