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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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