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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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