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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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