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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. ...,-*%%@#
@%%*-,.... ....,-*%%@
#@%%*-,... 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. ....,-*%%@
#@%%*-,... ...,-*%%@#
##@%%*-,.. 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. ..,-*%%@##
#@%%*-,... ...,-*%%@#
@%%*-,.... 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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