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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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