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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.) &&&§;«....
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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. @&&§;;,...
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.,«;§$&@## Father Is Away During The Day Doing ##@&$§;«,.
....,;§$&@ Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary @&$§;,....
.,«;§$&@@@ When He Returns Home, Each Day More So @@@&$§;«,.
.,«;§$&@@# Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him #@@&$§;«,.
.,«;§$@@## So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To ##@@$§;«,.
.,«;§$&&@@ His Clothes. @@&&$§;«,.
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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 @&§««,....
.,«;§$&@@# Even In The Morning And Must #@@&$§;«,.
.,«;§$&@@@ Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed @@@&$§;«,.
.,«;§$&@@# Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That #@@&$§;«,.
.,«;;;$$@@ We Will Carry It Out. @@$$;;;«,.
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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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