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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. ......@@@.
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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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