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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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