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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 .-~;§§####
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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 .-~;§§####
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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 ..-~;§§###
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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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