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