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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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