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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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