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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 ¤%%~......
.,~=%$¤### Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are ###¤$%=~,.
...,~~=$$¤ Scared Of Him Then. ¤$$=~~,...
.,~=%%$$¤# #¤$$%%=~,.
...,~%%%¤¤ 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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