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#@*%;~,... ;, ,; ...,~;%*@#
##@*%;~,.. ~,, ,,~ ..,~;%*@##
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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. ...,~;%*@#
##@*%;~,.. ..,~;%*@##
###@*%;~,. 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. ......,~;%
*%;~,..... .....,~;%*
@*%;~,.... 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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