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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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