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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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