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£$:-,..... Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A .....,-:$£
$:-,...... Decent Days Travel North From That ......,-:$
:-,....... 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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