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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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