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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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