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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 #@†~......
.~=†$@#### The  Luscious Caves  Below  Ground. They ####@$†=~.
.~=†$@#### Mean No Harm But  It Is  Not In Our Best ####@$†=~.
...==$$$## Interest  To Do So. There  Is  Important ##$$$==...
.~=†$@#### Work That Needs To Be  Done, And It Cant ####@$†=~.
.~=†$@#### Be Done By Animals.  (Father Says This.) ####@$†=~.
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.~=†$@#### Every  Morning  Our  Father  Clears  The ####@$†=~.
.~=†$@#### Ferns  And Uproots  The Bushes  Only For ####@$†=~.
.~=†$@#### Them  To  Grow Back  Each  Night.  Their ####@$†=~.
.~=†$@#### Leaves Are  Teal, White And Yellow, Some ####@$†=~.
.~=†$@#### Even The Color Of  Wine. They Have Lilac ####@$†=~.
....~†$$$# Flowers And In The  Morning They Are Wet #$$$†~....
..~~=$$@@#                 With Dew.                #@@$$=~~..
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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    ##@†=~....
.......=$# Cutting To Us As  Well, Untrusting  That #$=.......
......~=$#           We Will Carry It Out.          #$=~......
......~=$#                                          #$=~......
......=$## Now He  Leaves As Soon As He'S Awake And ##$=......
.~=†$@#### Falls  Asleep As Soon As He  Returns. We ####@$†=~.
.~=†$@#### Are Left To  Care For Us And  The  House ####@$†=~.
.~=†$@#### And The Orchard. But  It Is  Hard And We ####@$†=~.
.~=†$@#### Are    Distracted.   We   Are   Not   As ####@$†=~.
...~~†††@# Persistent As  Father  And Quickly  Fall #@†††~~...
.~=†$@@@##           Behind In Our Duties.          ##@@@$†=~.
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