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###,#,##,# The River That'S Our River Makes A #,,#,##,,#
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,#,,,##,,, 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 ##,,#####,
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