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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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