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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. @..@......
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........@. 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. ...@@@..@.
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@..@...@.@ 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. .@.@@....@
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.@.@@..@.. 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. .@......@.
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@..@.@@... 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. ......@@@.
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@..@.....@ 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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