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,,~†^%@¶@# ~~~~ #@¶@%^†~,,
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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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,,,,,,~†%@ @%†~,,,,,,
,,~†^%@¶@# #@¶@%^†~,,
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