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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 #@@§$\~.,,
,.~\$§@@## Scared Of Him Then. ##@@§$\~.,
,,.~\$§@@# #@@§$\~.,,
,,,.~\$§@@ We Are Then Tasked With Removing Any @@§$\~.,,,
,,,,.~\$§@ 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 #@@§$\~.,,
,.~\$§@@## Behind In Our Duties. ##@@§$\~.,
,,.~\$§@@# #@@§$\~.,,
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,,,,,.~\$§ §$\~.,,,,,
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