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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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