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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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