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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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