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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 ##,#,#,,,#
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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 ,##,##,#,#
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