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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 .....=*§#@
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##@#§*^=,. Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is .,=^*§#@##
@@@#§*^=,. Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A .,=^*§#@@@
#@@#§*^=,. Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But .,=^*§#@@#
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@§^^^,,,.. 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 .,=^*§####
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@@§^^,.... Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ....,^^§@@
@@@#§*^=,. Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet .,=^*§#@@@
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#@@#§*^=,. 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 .,=^*§#@@#
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#*^,,..... 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 .,,,=^^§@@
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#*^,...... 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 .,=^*§#@@#
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@###§*^=,. Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The .,=^*§###@
@@@#§*^=,. Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. .,=^*§#@@@
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