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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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