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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. ##@&£*:=-.
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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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