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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. #@@&£†=~..
..~=†£&@## ##@&£†=~..
..~=†††££@ 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. ##@&£†=~..
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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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