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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 ,####,,##,
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,#,#,##,,# Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed #,#,,#####
######,#,# Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That ,###,#,,,,
#,,,,,#### We Will Carry It Out. ##,,###,,,
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####,,#,#, Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We #,,,,,##,#
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#,,,###,,, And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We ,##,,,###,
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