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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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