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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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