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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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