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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. @@.@..@@..
..@@.@@... ..@@@.@.@.
..@.@@.@.. 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. ..@.@...@.
@@.@.@@.@@ @.@@@@..@@
..@@@@.@@. 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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