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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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