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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.                #&%$/~-...
..-~/$%&##                                          ##&%$/~-..
.-~/$%&### 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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