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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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