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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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