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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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