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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 ,,,,#,,#,,
,,,,,,,#,# Behind In Our Duties. #,,,,#,,#,
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