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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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