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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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