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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. .,~†^%@###
#@%^^~,,.. ..,,~^^%@#
###@%^†~,. 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. .,~††††%@#
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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. .,~†^%@###
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###@%^†~,. 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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