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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 ###,,,#,##
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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 ,,,,###,,,
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