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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. ..=\%@####
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