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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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