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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 $†;»:.....
......:»;† Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A †;»:......
.......:»; Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But ;»:.......
........:» Instead Steel Bars To Keep The Animals »:........
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.......... Around The House Is A Thick, Thick ..........
.......... Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live ..........
.........: The Animals That We Fight To Keep Away, :.........
........:» For They Speak To Us To Join Them In »:........
.......:»; The Luscious Caves Below Ground. They ;»:.......
......:»;† Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best †;»:......
.....:»;†$ Interest To Do So. There Is Important $†;»:.....
....:»;†$@ Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant @$†;»:....
...:»;†$@¶ Be Done By Animals. (Father Says This.) ¶@$†;»:...
..:»;†$@¶# #¶@$†;»:..
.:»;†$@¶## 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. @$†;»:....
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......:»;† We Are Then Tasked With Removing Any †;»:......
.......:»; Indoor Plant We See. But They Are So ;»:.......
........:» Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father »:........
.........: Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy :.........
.......... Them. Sometimes An Animal Will Sneak In ..........
.......... But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh ..........
.......... Cut Flowers Thrown Right Outside The ..........
.........: House He Suspects And Resents Our :.........
........:» Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The »:........
.......:»; Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. ;»:.......
......:»;† It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired †;»:......
.....:»;†$ Even In The Morning And Must $†;»:.....
....:»;†$@ Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed @$†;»:....
...:»;†$@¶ Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That ¶@$†;»:...
..:»;†$@¶# We Will Carry It Out. #¶@$†;»:..
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..:»;†$@¶# 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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