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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 #,,,#,,#,#
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