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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 ###,,,,,,,
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