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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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