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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 ####,,##,,
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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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