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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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