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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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