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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.) .....,\^&#
@&%%^~~,.. ..,~~^%%&@
##@&%^\~,. 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. ....~\%&&#
##@&%^\~,. .,~\^%&@##
#@@&%^\~,. 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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