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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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