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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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