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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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