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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 ,,,,,=%%&&
@@$††^,,,, Brush  Of  Ferns  And Bushes. There Live ,,,,^††$@@
#@&$†††=^, The  Animals That We Fight To Keep Away, ,^=†††$&@#
##@&$%†=^, For They Speak  To Us  To Join  Them  In ,^=†%$&@##
##@&$%†=^, The  Luscious  Caves  Below Ground. They ,^=†%$&@##
###&$%†=^, Mean  No  Harm But It Is Not In Our Best ,^=†%$&###
&&&&$%†=^, Interest  To Do  So. There Is  Important ,^=†%$&&&&
##@&$%†=^, Work That Needs To  Be Done, And It Cant ,^=†%$&@##
@$†===^^,, Be Done  By Animals. (Father Says This.) ,,^^===†$@
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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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&$%%=,,,,, Father  Is  Away  During  The  Day Doing ,,,,,=%%$&
##@&$%†=^, Important Things Elsewhere. He  Is Weary ,^=†%$&@##
#&$$%†^,,, When He Returns Home,  Each Day  More So ,,,^†%$$&#
@&$††=,,,, Than The Next. We Learn To Cook  For Him ,,,,=††$&@
##@&$%†=^, So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend  To ,^=†%$&@##
##@&$%†=^,               His Clothes.               ,^=†%$&@##
###@&%†=^,                                          ,^=†%&@###
###@$%†=^, Suddenly The  Dense Bushwork Is Mirrored ,^=†%$@###
###@&$%†^, Inside. Stems  And Leaves  Appear  Close ,^†%$&@###
##@&$%†=^, To The Walls And Far From  The Light. We ,^=†%$&@##
##@&$%†=^, Are Glad, For The Flowers Are  Beautiful ,^=†%$&@##
###&$%†=^, And  Smell Good,  And  There  Is  Little ,^=†%$&###
@&$%%††=^, Decoration  In   Our  House.  But   When ,^=††%%$&@
##@&$%†=^, Father Comes Home He Is  Angry And  Cuts ,^=†%$&@##
@@@&$%†=^, Them  All  Down  In  A  Frenzy.  We  Are ,^=†%$&@@@
&%%=^,,,,,            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 ,^=†%&@###
##@&$%†=^, House  He   Suspects  And   Resents  Our ,^=†%$&@##
##@&$%†=^, Inaction.  But  He   Doesn'T  Have   The ,^=†%$&@##
##@&$%†=^, Energy To  Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. ,^=†%$&@##
&$†††=^^,, It Is  Not Long Before He Is Still Tired ,,^^=†††$&
#&&$%†=,,, Even    In    The   Morning   And   Must ,,,=†%$&&#
@$††††^,,,    Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed    ,,,^††††$@
@$$†^,,,,, Cutting To  Us  As Well, Untrusting That ,,,,,^†$$@
##@&$%†=^,          We Will Carry It Out.           ,^=†%$&@##
@$$%†††=^,                                          ,^=†††%$$@
##@&$%†=^, Now He Leaves As Soon  As He'S Awake And ,^=†%$&@##
##@&$%†=^, Falls  Asleep As Soon As He Returns.  We ,^=†%$&@##
@&%%==,,,, 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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