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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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