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#@£$^;-... The River That'S Our River Makes A ...-;^$£@#
##@£$^;-.. Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A ..-;^$£@##
###@£$^;-. Decent Days Travel North From That .-;^$£@###
##@£$^;-.. Stands Our House In The Middle Of A ..-;^$£@##
#@£$^;-... Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is ...-;^$£@#
@£$^;-.... Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A ....-;^$£@
£$^;-..... Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But .....-;^$£
$^;-...... Instead Steel Bars To Keep The Animals ......-;^$
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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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