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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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