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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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