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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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