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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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