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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. ##@@**/«.,
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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. ##@@**/«.,
,.«/***@@# #@@***/«.,
,.«/**@@## 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. @@*«.,,,,,
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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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