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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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,,,######, 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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