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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 ,,,,,,,##,
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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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