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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. @&£§=-^...
....^-=§£& &£§=-^....
...^-=§£&@ 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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