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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. &&,&&,&,,&
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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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