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#@##$%/~,, ,,,,,,,,,,,, /            / ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,~/%$##@#
#$$%/~,,,,              /,          ,/              ,,,,~/%$$#
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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.           ,,~/%$##@#
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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.          ,,,,~/$$$#
##@##$/~,,                                          ,,~/$##@##
@###$%/~,, Now  He Leaves As Soon As He'S Awake And ,,~/%$###@
##$/,,,,,, Falls Asleep  As  Soon As He Returns. We ,,,,,,/$##
#$$%/~~,,, 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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