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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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