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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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