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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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