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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. @#†=-.....
.-=/†@## ##@#&†/=-.
....--=/†# #†/=--....
.-=†@### ###@#&†=-.
......=†&@ @&†=......
.-=†@### ###@#&†=-.