----
-.. ..-
†. .†
,,,,,,.-§# ,,,,,,,,,,,, † † ,,,,,,,,,,,, #§-.,,,,,,
,.----†§## †. .† ##§†----.,
,.-†§@## -.. ..- ##@#&§†-.,
,,,.-§&# ---- ##&&§-.,,,
,.-†§@## ##@#&§†-.,
,.-†§#@@ 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. @&†.,,,,,,
,,,,,-†§## ##§†-,,,,,
,.-†§@@@ @@@#&§†-.,
,.-†§&&@ @#&&&§†-.,
,.-†§@## ##@#&§†-.,
,.-†§@## ##@#&§†-.,