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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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