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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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