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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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