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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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