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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. ,@,,@,@,@,
,@,@@,@,,@ ,@,@@,@,@,
@@,,@,@,@@ 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. ,@,,@,@,@,
,@,@@,@,,@ ,@,@@,@,@,
@@,,@,@,@@ 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. ,@,@@,@,@,
@@,,@,@,@@ ,@,,@,@,@,
,@,@@,@,,@ 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. ,@,@@,@,@,
@@,,@,@,@@ ,@,,@,@,@,
,@,@@,@,,@ 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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