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$;~,...... Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A ......,~;$
;~,....... 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. ..........
,......... .........,
~,........ Now He Leaves As Soon As He'S Awake And ........,~
;~,....... Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We .......,~;
$;~,...... Are Left To Care For Us And The House ......,~;$
&$;~,..... And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We .....,~;$&
£&$;~,.... Are Distracted. We Are Not As ....,~;$&£
#£&$;~,... Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ...,~;$&£#
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