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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.) ###@¤%§:,.
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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. ¤%%%:-....
.,-:§§§%¤@ @¤%§§§:-,.
...,,:::%@ 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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