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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 $†~,......
.....,~†$$ Decoration In Our House. But When $$†~,.....
....,~†$$@ Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts @$$†~,....
...,~†$$@# Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are #@$$†~,...
..,~†$$@## Scared Of Him Then. ##@$$†~,..
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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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