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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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