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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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