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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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