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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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