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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 #,,,##,###
,,,###,,#, Out. #,,#,##,,,
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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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