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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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